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AN  ENGLISH  TRANSLATION, 

MORE    LITERAL     THAN   ANY   YET    EXTANT. 


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DESIGNED    FOR    THE  READIER    INSTJIUCTION    01 
BEGINNERS  IN  THE  LATIN  TONGUE, 


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f       BY  H.  CLARKE, 

^  TEACHER  OF  THE  LATIN  LANGUAGE. 


^  PHILADELPHrA': 

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PRINTED  FOR  JOHN  CONRAD  AlfD  CO.  MATHEW 
CAREY,  H.  AND  P.  RICE,  THOS.  AND  WM. 
BRADFORD,  S.  F.  BRADFORD,  P.  BYRNE,  J. 
AND  J.  CRUKSHANKS,  JOHN  MCCULLOCH,  H. 
SWEITZER,  W.  W.  WOODWARD,  JACOB  JOHN- 
SON, J.   HUMPHREYS,  AND  J.  GROFF, 

1802. 


Xi    L.  FLOWMAN;  PRlNTiR, 


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PREFACE. 


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WHOEVER  hath  duly  confidered  the  great  difficulty  there 
i^  in  our  firft  encountering  with  the  idioms  of  the  Latin 
tongue,  the  variety  of  English  words,  which  will  fomctimes  an- 
fwer  to  one  Latin  one,  with  the  many  miftakes  which  boys  muft 
naturally  be  liable  to,  who  cannot  immediately  form  any  tolera- 
ble judgment  of  the  thing  which  they  are  engaged  in;  muft 
furely,  in  fome  meafure,  he  brought  to  aclcnowledge,  that  the 
having  things  explained  and  cleared  up  to  their  underftandings, 
as  they  go  along,  is  the  bed  and  only  means  of  making  them 
«ager  and  defirous  to  learn.  And  here,  perhaps,  it  may  be 
fomewhat  of  a  real  help  to  throw  the  language  into  a  yet  more 
eafy  light,  and  to  defccnd  a  little  lower,  than  others  have  hi- 
therto fubmitted  themfelves  to.  For  I  will  not  refufe  to  own, 
that  I  am  apprehenfive,  the  fear  of  too  great  a  baldnefs  in  the 
tranflation  hath  deterred  even  thofc,  who  have  carried  this  affair 
farther  than  was  at  firft  imagined  it  could  ever  have  gone,  from 
rendering  it  fo  plain,  that  children  might  ftill  the  more  readily 
come  into  the  knowledge  of  the  conftruclion,  and  form  a  better 
and  quicker  idea  of  the  different  parts  of  fpeech. 

Things  relating  to  inftru(^ion  cannot  well  be  made  too  eafy  ; 
but  to  write  in  the  terms  of  a  pedant,  or  in  fuch  a  lownefs  or 
poverty  of  expreflion,  as  dwindleth  almoft  into  nonfenfe,  is  a 
hardfhip  too  great  to  be  fubmitted  to  by  any  man  of  fpirit. 
But  alas  !  Freedom  of  ftile  is  one  thing,  and  literal  tranflation 
another  ;  and  the  beft  way  to  commence  an  acquaintance  with 
any  language,  is  firft  to  read  a  great  deal  of  a  verbal  tranflation.. 
When  fingle  words  have  been  apprehended  rightly,  a  number  of 
them  may  be  readily  put  together,  the  remembering  that  fuch  a 
word  is  Latin  for  fuch  a  thing  affording  learners  the  greateft 
pleafure  and  incitement  towards  the  making  a  progrefs  more  con- 
fidcrable  ;  whereas,  by  attempting  the  conftrudion  of  phrafes 
too  foon,  they  become  loft,  and  bewildered  in  a  maze. 


iv  PREFACE. 

It  hath  been  thought  proper  therefore  to  make  the  English' 
words  here  to  anfv/er  to  the  Latin,  as  grammatically  as  pofli- 
ble  ;  and,  where  more  exprefTive  ones  might  often  have  been  • 
made  ufe  of,  thofe,  which  are  moft  ufually  met  with,  Uave  been 
judged  the  mod  convenient ;  the  varyii>g  the  phrafe  too  much 
at  firfl:  tending  rather  to  confound,  than  graft  any  thing  in  the 
memory. 

*  A  new  edition  of  jEsop,  with  the  Latin  and  English  each.- 
in  their  diflin6l  columns,  had.  been  long  ago  wiftied  for  j  but,  . 
as  Mr.  Locke  had  before  fuffered  an  interlineary  verfion  of  it* 
to  be  printed  with  his  name  in  the  title  page,  it  is  highly  pro- 
bable, nobody  would  venture  to  undertake  fuch  a  thing  ;  altho' 
you  are  told  in  the  Preface,  that  the  defign  was  to  help  thofe, 
who  had  not  the  opportunity  or  leifure  to  learn  the  Latin  lan- 
guage by  Grammar ;  which,  confequently,  did  iiot  lead  him 'to 
hiave  the  English  made  with  the  greateft  grammatical  ftrictnefs 
to  the  Latin,  and  left  room  for  fomething  to  be  attempted^ 
which  might  be  afforded  at  an  eaGer  rate,  and  what  might  better 
anfwer  the  purpofes  of  a  common  fchool-book. 

Upon  the  whole,  yon  have   here  a  colledion  of  the  greateft 
part  of  the   Fables  done  in  an  eafier  manner,  than  any  yet  ex-    . 
tant  ;  and  the   farther  you   enter   into  the  book,  you  will  find 
fuch  little  liberties   taken  in    the  expression,  as  may  naturally 
fuit   with  te7ider  capacities^  whilft   the  judgment  ripens  by  4e-^  . 
grecs. 

Beildes,  the  advantage  of  the  Roman  and  Italic  characters  be- 
ing alternately  ufed  for  the  better  inftruftion  of  young  beginners, 
this  translation  is  contrived  to  anfwer  line  for  line  throughout  ; 
and  care  hath  been  generally  taken  tn  avoid  the  breaks  oi  words 
fo  frequent  in  things  of  this  nature,  that  it  is  next  to  an  ini- 
poffibility  now  to  miftake. 

*  Vide  pRETACE  to  Clarke's  Cordery, 


«ELECTiE  FABUL^  iESOPI, 


SELECT  FABLES  ^^-^iESOP 


FABLE     I. 


De  Gali.o. 
jT^  ALLUS,     dum    vcrtlt 

Gem  mam-,  inquiens,  ^uid 
reperio  Rem  tarn  nitidam  ? 
Si  Gcmmarius  reperiffct  7V, 
Nihil  esset  laetius 

Eo,  lit  ^li        fciret 

Pretium :  Quidem  est 
nulli  Usui  Mihi,  nee  scftlmo 
Alagni ;  imo        eqtcidem 

mallem  Granirm  lior- 
dei  omnibus  Gemmis. 


A 


a 

do  I 
if    a 

NotI: 
than 
the 


Of  the  Gocx. 

COCK,   zuhil  t    1  e    turns   i-vy 

a  Durgj-it,  find^ 

yewely  faying,  jrhjf 

find    (3    Thing     fo     bright  f 

Jeweller  liad   found     77i<?f, 


ivouid    b: 


He. 


joyful 


/r/;j    uouid>knc\r 
Pr;c^  :  Inler.d        it       is 

of  no  t/>."  to  Me,  nor  do  I  efteem  i*. 
at  a  great  Rate  ;  nay  indeed 
I  had  rather  liave  «  Grain  of  Ear- 
ley  iA^/z  tv//  Jewels. 


Morale. 
Intelligejfjf;-  Gremmam  Ar~ 
tern  8c  Sapientiam  ;   per  G«/- 
/jnn,  Hominem   stotidum   8c 


The  iVIo; 
Underftrnl       by 
Art    and    /f  isdom  ; 
a  Man  /I/ 


A  I.. 

the  Jewel 
by  the  Cccky 
dish  ar.fi 


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S^XECT  FABLES  OF  /ESOP. 


voluptjiriinn  ;  nee  Stulti 
aman-t  liberales  Arte?,  cum 
.leiciant  Usian  carum  ; 
v.ec  Voluptarius,  ^J^^PP^ 
A'oluptas  .ij/.'T  placeatZ/, 


voluptuous  ;  neither  Fools 

love      ,    liberal         Arts,  vthen 

they  know  not  the  use,  of  them  ; 
nor  H  voluptuous  man,  because 
Pleafure  i;lone  pleaies  hiin,_^^^  ' 


FABLE  IL 


Ve  Cane  isf  Umbra. 

CAnis  tranans  fluvlunf\ 
vehebat  Garnem  Rictu  ;' 
Sole  splendente^  Umbr; 
Carnis  lucebat  in  Ao.iii 
Sluam  Ille  videns^  Sc  aviclle 
ca'ptans,  perdidit  v^uod  erat 
ia  Fducibus  :  Itaq;  pertulsus 
Jaftuia  ts*  Rei  £5* 
Spei,  primum  ftupuit  ;  de- 
inde  recipiens  Animum  fic 
clatravit:     Mifer  !      Modus 


deerat 

Erat  ^ 

ni  desipuissks, 

i 


tu£    .  Cupldttati  : 

falls  ,       super  que  ^ 

Jam, 


tuam     Snikitiams     eft 


?ninus  Nihllo  Tioi. 

MoR. 
Sit  Modus 

Cupiditati,       ii-e    . 
.crVdpro  incert'Ls. 


tu-ae 

amittas 


Of  the  Dog  and  the  Shadow» 

A  Dog  snvimming  over  a  River^ 
carried  Flefli  in  his  Chops  ; 
the  Sim  shining^  the  Shadow 
of  the  Flesh  ihone  in  the  Waters  ; 
nvhich  Ke  ^eeing^  2ivA  greedily 
catching  at,  lost  what  loa^ 
in  his  Jaivs  ;  Therefore  struck 
with  the  Lofs  both  of  the  Thing  and 
\\\z  Hope,  at  first  He  was  amazed  ; 
afterwards  taking  Courage  thus 
he  barked  out  :  Wretch  I  Modera- 
tion was  wanting  to  thj  Defire  : 
There  ivas  enough,  and  too  much^ 
unlefs.f/iOM  hadst  been.mad»  Now, 
thro*  thy  Folly  ^  there  is 
less  than  Nothing /or  Thee, 

MoR. 
Let  there  be  Moderation  to  thy 
Desire^  left  f/io«  /o^e 

certain  things /br  uncertain. 


lie  Lupo  'O'  GruE. 
,UM  Lupus  vorat 
Overtly  forte  Oj^a 
hael'ere  m  Gula,  antbit^ 
orat  Oft.-»?, Nemo  opitulatur ; 
Omnes  d.ctitant,  eum  tulisse 
Pramium  ^w«  Voracitatis  ; 
Tandem    multis    Slandiuiis 


FABLE  in. 

0/the  Wolf  and  the  Crane. 


WHlift  fl  Wolf  devonreth 
a  Sheep,  by  chance  the  Bones 
f^uck  /;zhis  Throat;  He  goes  about, 
aiks-  //1?/|&,  Nobody  assists  ; 
Ail  \.Si3j;,  that  he  had  got 
■the  Reward  of  his  Greedinefs  : 
4c  r  length,    with  many  Flatteries 


SELEUT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


])Iuribufq;  ProtJtissis,  inducit 
Gruem,  ut,  longissiuij 
Collo  jnserto  in  Guhm 
cximercT'  Os  infixum. 
VeruJ7i  illufit  Ei  petenti 
Premium,  inquiens,  Inepla^ 
abi,  non  hales  fat,  ^z^oi 
vivis  ?  Debts  tuam  Vitam 
Mihi  ;  5/  vcUem,  poteram 
prsmordere  fuiun  CoUum. 


Quod 
perit. 


MoR. 

facis 


and  more  Promises^  He  draws  in 
f/ie  Crane,  thnt  //er  i-eri;  /jng- 
Keck  i5t;/;7^>'  thrust  into  /-/5  Throaty 
She  wouM  pull  out  f/i^  iiofzefiKcd  in. 
But  He  played  upon  Her  diking, 
a  Rewardf  faying,  Fooiy 
go  away,  luist  thi)u  not  enough,  that 
thou  If  veil  ?  'Diou  owes::  thy  Li/e 
to  Me,;  if  I  wculJ,  /  iv^s  able 
to  bite  off  thj  Neck. 

MoR. 
What  ihoiithest  for  the  ungralcfii), 
perisheth. 


FABLE  IV. 


De  RusTiro  i^ 
Colt:  DUO. 

RUilicus  tulit  Donium 
Colubrum  repcrtum  in 
yi^'e^prope  enedtuni  Fri^ore; 
adjicit  ad  Focum  : 

Coluber  recipiens  Vim^ 
Virufquc,  delude  non /erf  »5 
Flanimam,  inftcit  omne  Tu- 
giirium  Sibilando.  Rusticiis 
corripiens  Sudem  accurrit, 
c3*  expoRulat  Injuriam 
cum  £a  Verbs  Verberibusq  ; 
N  u  ni  refc  rrei  has 

Gratias  ?  Num  eripcret 
Vitam  ///»,  C^i  dederat 
Viuim  ////? 


Ofth 


A 


the  Smake. 


Countryman    brought    Heme 


Snake 


t(  und 


the  Snow,  almost  deid  ivith  Cold  ; 
He  lays  him  tL  the  Fire  ; 
Tlur  Sjiake  rt£ovd^ing  Strength, 
and  Poifon,  ihei^  not  hearing 
the  Flarae,  ^i//cq^  all  the  Co/- 
fj^z-c  with  Hining./T/je  Countryman 
fnatching  a  Stake  runs  .up, 
a;;r/  cxpoftulntt  ;  the  Injury 
with  ///m  in  Wojds  and  Blows, 
Whether  he  would  return  tl)efe 
Thanks?  Whether  He  would  take 
Life  from  Him,  Who  had  given 
Life  JO  if/?a  ? 


MOR. 
Interdum  /^,  ut 

obsint  Tibi,  Shiibus 

Tu  prcfueris ;  k  //  mere- 
antur  7?7fl/}  de  TV,  dc  ^^uibus 
Tu  meritus  sis  bene. 


MOR. 
Sometimes  ;7  happens,  that 
Me>'  6re  hurtful  to  Tliee,  whom 
Thou  //r7f/  proftcd  ;  and  TVjey  de- 
fervc  /7/  of  T/zftf,  of  Whom 
Tbou  ^^^it  deserved  well. 


22^Qft7 


SELECT  FABLES  OF,  .£SOP. 
FABLE  V. 


De  Apro  isf  AsiNO. 

DUni  insrs  A  Tin  us  irri-i 
debat  Aprum,  lUd 
ind\gi^2Lnsfrendedat.  Igna- 
viffime.  fueras  quideni 
Tneritus  Malum  ;  sed  tUnmi^ 
fueris  digniis  Ptsnd^  tamei 
Ego  funi  indignus^  qui  punt- 
ttm  Te.  Eidd  tutus  ;  nainj 
tz  tutus  ob  Inert itiTTiM 

MOR. 

Eemus  Operamy  ut' 
cum  audiamiis,  aut  patiamur 
indigna  Nobis,  ne  dicamus^ 
'^^■^^ifafi'amus  indigna  Nobis. 
Nam  molt  8c  per^iti  ple- 
rjmq;  gaude/ity  fi  ^n's- 
yiam  bonoriim  resistat 
•is  -J         pendent  Magni, 

^'  haberi  dignos. 

Ultione.  Imitemiir  Equos, 
v^"*  magnas  Best  i  as,  Qui 
pratereunt  cblatrantes 

Caniciilos  cum  Contcmptu* 


Of  the  Boar  and  the  Ass. 

WHilft  the  sluggish  A^s  laugh- 
ed at  the  Boar,  Jfe 
{vetting  gnashed  his  Teeth.  M'ofl 
flothful  Wietch,  thou  hast  indeed 
deserved  EvLl  ;  but  although  thou 
hast  been  worthy  of  Punishment, yet 
I  am  unft,  who  rnaj  pu- 
nish Thee.  Laugh  fecure,  for 
thou  art  safe  for  thj  Sluggishness* 

MOR. 

Let  us  give  an  Endeavour,  that 
when  we  hear,  or  endure 
Things  univorthy  of  us,  We  do  not  say,. 
or  do  Things  unworthy  of  Us. 
For  bad  and  lost  Men  gene- 
rally rejoice,  if  Any 
one  of  the  good  resist 
them  ;  they  'value  it  a:  a  great  Rate-, 
that  they  are  accounted  tvorthy 
of  Revenge.  Let  us  imitate  Horfes, 
and  great  Beasts,  ..who, 
pass  by  barking 
Curs  vi\i\\€ontcmpt. 


FABLE  VI. 


De  Aqvu.a  ^ 

CORNir.ULA. 

A  Ouila  nacta  Cochle- 
-*-  jL  am,  nen  quivit  cruere 
Piscem  Vi,  aut  Arte. 
Cornicula  accede  ns  dat 
Confilium,  suadet  fabvolare, 
i^  c  sublimi  pracipitare 
i  Joe  hie  a  in '  in  Saxa  ',  nam 
.■•  c  fjre,  ut  Cochlea 
I'rangatjr,  Cornicula 

■uiuiitt  Ilumi,  t^t 

-.:■::'!  Atrnr  Casum  : 


0/the  Eagle  and 
the  Jackdaw. 

AN  Eagle  having  got  a  Coc- 
kle, Kvas  not  able  to  get  out 
the  Fish  by .  Force,  or  Art, 
The  Jackdavj  coming  up  gives 
Counftl,  persuades  her  to  fly  up, 
and  from  on  high  to  throw  down 
the  Cockle  upon  theStmes  ;  for  that 
so  it  would  be,  that  the  Cftckle 
ivould  be  broken.  The  Jackdaw 
stays  on  the  Ground,  tha^ 
Ihc       may       watch       the      Full  , 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JiSO?. 


Aquila  pracipitat  ; 

Tefta  frangittir ;  Pilcis 
subripiliir  a  Cornicula  ; 
clufa  Aquila  dolet. 

MtDR. 

Noli        habere  Ficlcm 

Omnibus                Sc  fac 

inlpicias      Consilium^  quod 

■  acccperis           ab  Ahis ; 
nam     il/w/if/     confulti     «o« 

confulunt  suii  Coii- 
fultoribusj  i-cf/  Sibi. 


The  Eagle  thronu?  it  doivn  ; 
y\\t  Shell  is  broken;  Th-  Fifti 
is  snatched  atvay  by  the  Juchdaw  ; 
tiie  deluded  Eagle  grieves. 


MoR 


Be*  Hot /willing-    to    /baive    Faith 
in  ati  3fen,  and  dj 

you  look  into  the  Counsel,  wiiicK 
joii  have  received  from  others  ; 
lor  Manj  being'  conrulted  do  r^t- 
CGunfcI         for  their  Gon- 

i'ultors,  but  i'or  The-Jirc:lvei;.  . 


FABLE  VI r. 


De  CoRvo  CJ* 

VULPECULA. 

COrviis  nactus  Praciam, 
strepitut  in  Ramis  : 
V  LI  I  pec  111  a  'videt  Eum  gi» 
Si'icntcm,  accurrit  :  Vulpes^ 
inquit,  impcrtit  Corviim 
plurima  Salute.  Sxpenumero 
audiveram,  Fa  mam  tlTe 
JlfenJactmy  jam  experior  Re 
ipsa  :  Nam,  ut  forte  pra- 
tcreo  hac,  suspiciens  Te  ;Vt 
Arbore,  advoloy  culpans 
Famam^  Nam  Fa  ma  cfl,  7t' 
effe  nigricrem  Pice,  ^  video 
fe  candidiorem  Nive,  Sane  /?z 
meo  jfudicio  vincis  Cy^no^, 
k  t^^  formofior  alba 
Hedeia.  ^uod  fi,  nt  ex- 
ctlias  //I  Pluniis,  it.j  Sc 
Totv,  equidem  dicer  em  te 
Regiiiani  .omnium  Avium. 
Corvus  ilkctus  hac  Assen- 
tiunculd,  apparat  ad 

tanendam.  ^crb  Galeus 
txcidit  e  Rostra ;  ()ji^o 
<•  0  rnpto  V  u  Ipecu  1  h  j 


0/tiie   Ckow  and 
the  Fox. 

A  Crow  having  got  a  Prey, 
makes  a  Noise  in  f //j  branches  : 
the  Fox  ^i'tfj  liim  7-t'- 
jo  icing,  runs  up  :  77je  i'jx, 
lays  lie,  conpiinients  tiie  Crow 
with  very  much  Htalth.  Very  often 
liad  I  heard,  that  Fame  was 
a  Li  a'-,  now  I  fnd  it  in  the  Fact 
itself:  For,  c^  by  Chance  I  pass 
by  this  way,  seeing  You  //r 
the  Tree,  I  fy  to  you<,  blimino- 
Fame  :  For  the  Report  is,  that  you 
are  blacker  than  Pitch,  t;;i.-/  1  iVe 
^voi/  whiter  f/zan  Snriv.  Truly  in 
my  Judgment  yow  lu.  pafs  the  Sea  ; ) , 
and  are  fairer  fA^-;;!  i/i::^  •;yA.'ij 
Ivy.  But  if,,  ai.  you  ( 
ccl  in  Ftathej-s,  you  do  so  a.l  , 
in    Voice,    triUy   I  should   call   \'    ■ 


f/fi 


9ucen 


all 


The   Crow    allured  by    this     z 
ft'?^,  prepares    . 

liiig^.  But  the  ^ 

fell      from      /i/^       2/fj«  ; 
being     ^Hatched     by      ■... : 
B  2 


~io!l:t     Cachinnum :        'Tttm     k 
demum       Co-rvus^       Pudore 
juncto         Jaclura;  .Rck 

dolet. 

MoR. 
Nonnulli   sunt   tarn  avidi 


Laudi 


ut     ament    Assen- 


tatorem  cum  suo  Probro  i^ 
JDamno.  Homunciones  hujus 
Modi  flint  Pradx  Parafito. 
^iwi  fi  •oitdsstis  Jadlan- 
tiam,  facile  vitaverls 
pzstiferum  Genus  Assen- 
tatorum.  Si  Tii  vclis  esse 
Thrafo,  Gnatho  nufquam 
'■rtrit  Tibi. 


:■  sets  v.p  a  Laughter 
at  laft.  the  CroWy  Shame 
b&in^  j^/incdzo  the  Lofs  oftheThin^ 
grieve  th. 

MoR. 
Some  are  fo  greedj 

of  PrailV»  that  they  love  a  Flat- 
terer with  their  cnvn  Difgrace  and 
Damage.  Men         of         this 

Kind  are  a  Prey  to  the  Parafite. 
But  if  j^M  had  a-voided  Boaft- 
ing,  easily  would  you  have  avoided 
the  pestilent  Race  of  Flatter- 
ers, If  Thou  art  willing  to  be 
a  Thrafo,  a  Gnatho  never 
IV HI  be  nv anting  to  Thee. 


FABLE     VIU. 


De  Cane  ist  Asino. 

DUM  Canis  blandiretur 
Hero       8c       FamiliXy 
I     Herus  l:f  Familia  demulcent 
*     Caneni.       Asellui,      videns 
•J^  g-emit    altissime ;    Nam 
«.'r/);V  ■  pigere  Sor- 

-'<•;  Putat  inique  compa- 
;  ratum,  Canem  efTe  ^ra- 
j  *tt/tt  cundis,  pascique 
'     herili  Mensdy  & 

tjmequi  Hoc  Ot/o 

Isudoque :  5t'5e  con- 

tra-       portare        Clitellas^ 
f<«i//  Flagello,  esse 

nunquam  otiosum^y    &  tamen 
I    odiol'um    cunctis,        SI  A«c 
;]    fiant      BlanditHs^      ftatuit 
'    xeetari  earn  Artein,   qux  sit 


trail    uttltj. 


loritur 


quo- 


dam  Tempore  tentaturus 
Hem,  procurrit  obviajn. 
ilero      redeunti      Domvm, 


Of  the  Dog  and  the  Ass. 

WHilft  the  Bog  fawned  on 
his  Master  and  the  Family^ 
the  Mafter  and  the  Family  stroke 
the  Dog.  The  Assy  feeing 
that,  groans  most  deeply ;  for 
he  began  to  be  weary  of  /lis  Con- 
dition :  He  thinks  it  unJMStly  or- 
dered, thxit  the  Ihg  (hould  be  ac- 
ceptable to  alJ,  and  be  fed 
from  his  Mafter's  Table,  and 
that  he  should  get  This  by  Idleness 
and  Play:  that  Himself  on  the 
contrary  carried  the  Dorfers, 
^yjj  beaten  with  tlie  Whip,  Wvatj 
never  idle,  and  jrt 

odious  to  alL  If  i/jr^e  things 
are  done  <^  Faivnings^  he  refolves 
io  follorj  that  y:/r*,  -which  ii" 
fo  proftiable.  Therefore  on  a  cer- 
tain Time  about  to  try 
the  Tiling,  He  runs  in  the  Way 
to  }i4s  Master    returning    ff^imv, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP, 


fubfiUt,         pulsat  Un- 

gulis.       Hero     exclamante, 
Servi  accurere  'Cf 

ineptus  Asellus^  qui  credidit 
Se  urban-urn^  vapulat. 

MOR. 

Omnes  nonpossumus  omnia; 
nee  omnia  decent  omnes. 
Risque  faciat,  quisque 
tentet  ic/,  quod  potest» 


leaps  on  Him,  strikes  him  with 
his^Hoofs.  Tke  Master  crying  out, 
the  Servants  ran  to  him,  and 
the  filly  Ass,  who  thought 
Himfelf  courtly,  is  beaten. 
MoR. 
We  all  cannot  do  all  things; 
nor  do  all  things  become  all  Men. 
Let  every  one  do,  let  every  one 
try  that,  which  he  is  able. 


FABLE     IX. 


J)e   Leone    13*    quibufdam 
aliis, 

LE  O  pepigerat  cum 
Ove  quibufdamque 
aliis,  Venationem  fore 
communera.  Venantur, 

Cervus  capitur:  fingulis 
zncipientibus  tollcrc  singulas 
Partes,  ut  ct)nvenerat, 
Leo  irrugiit,  inqniens,  una 
Pars  eft  mea,  quia  sum 
digniflimos  ;  altera  item 
*st  me»,  quia  prarftantif- 
fimus         Viri'hus ;  porro 

vendico  tertiam,  quia  fu- 
daverim  plus  in  capiendo 
Ccrvo  ;  denique^  nifi  con- 
cesseritis  q-uartam,  est  aftum 
de  Amicitia.  Socii 

audientes  hoc,  drscedunt 
vauGui  55'  taciti,.  non  aufi 
muiire  contra  Leoncin, 
MoR. 
Fides  semper  fuit  rara : 
apud  /;o<7  Scculum  est  rarior ; 
apud  potentes  est,  & 
semper  {mt,rarissima,  Quo- 
circa  est  fatius  iJ/tJerff  cum 
Par/.  Nam,  ^li  vivit 
c«i»  potentiore,  scepe   habet 


Oy   the    Lion  and   fome  of/ier 

THE  Lion  had  agreed  with 
r/i^  Sheep  and  fome 
others,  tlwit  the  Hunting  should  be 
common.  They  hunty 

a         Stag         r'j         taken:  all 

beginning  to  take  ^/jt;>  single 
Parts,  fl5  had  been  agreed, 
the  Lion  roared,  sayingy  one 
Part  is  wj//2ff  bccaufe  /  am 
tl>e  moft  worthy ;  another  alfo 
;>  mine,  because  1  am  moft  cx- 
ceHcnt  in  strength  ;  moreover 
/  claim  a  third,  because  I  have 
fweated  mere         in         taking 

tke  Stag;  /jjz/y,  unlefs  you  nvill 
grant  the  fourth,  there  is  an  end 
of  Friend(hip.  His  Companions 
hearing  this,  depart 

empty  o»^  filent,  naf  having  dared 
/^  7nutter  againft  the  Lion, 
MoR. 
Faith  akoays  has  been  r^r^ : 
in  this  Age  /t  /^  rarer  ; 
among  the  Powerful  it  is,  and 
r^wayj  has  bcen,7Ka^f  rcre.  Where- 
fore it  rs  better  to  live  with 
a/i  ^^ruii/.  For,  ffe  who  Kveth 
w/f/;  one  more  powerful,  often  hath 


8  SrXKGT  FABLES  OF  JLSOP, 

necessc     concedcre    de    fuo     a     Necessity    to    depart  from  his 
Jure.  Right. 


FABLE     X. 


De  Leone  IJf  Mure. 

LEO  defessus  jEftu 
Cr/rii/^wf  quiefcebat  sub 
Umbra,  super  viridi  G/vz- 
mine ;  Grege  Jlluriujn  per- 
currente  ejus  Tergum,  ex- 
perrectusj  coniprehendit 

Unum  ex  illis^  Captivus 
supplicate  clamitat,  Se  effe 
indignum^  cui  Leo 

irafcatur.  Ille,  reputans 
fere  Nihil  Laud  is 

in  Nece  tantill^  Besiict, 
dimittit  Captivuin,  Non  diii 
poftea,  Leo^  dum  currit 
per  Saltiim,  incidit  in 
Plagas  :  Rug  it  ^  fed  non 
tot  est  exire.  Mus  audit 
Leonem    miferabiliter  7'ugi- 


entcm, 


igno 


fcit        Vac  em. 


rcpit   /«    Cuniculos,    quarit 
Nodes,  quos         invenit, 

corroditque  ;       Leo     evadit 


MoR. 
Haec  Fabula  fiiadet  Cle- 
mentiam  potentibus ;  Etenim 
lit  humante  Res  5wn?  in- 
Aabiles,  Potentes  ipfi 
interdum  egent  0/je  humil- 
limorum  ;  quare  prudens 
r/r,  etfi  potest,  timet 
iiocere  vel  v//;  Homlni ;  ^fc? 
Qui  7/ on  ?/;Kef  nocere 
alteri,  defipit         'nalde* 

Quid  itaP  Quia,  e-f^/  jam 
freius  Potentia,  metuit 
Neminemj   fcrscny    poflhac 


0/the  Lion  and  the  Mouse. 

THE  Lion  tired  with  Heat 
and  running  refled  under 
the  Shade,  upoiT  the  green  Grass  ; 
a  Company  of  Mice  run- 
ning over  his  Back,  having  a- 
rose.  He  takes 

One  of  //icm.  The  Captive 
begs,  cries,  f/j^f  i/(?  was 
innvorthji,  whom  the  Lion  (hould. 
be  angry  with.  He^  thinking 
tliere  would  be  Nothing  of  Praise 
in  the  Death  of  fo  little  a  Beast, 
difmilfes  the  Captive,  Not  long 
after,  the  Lion,  whilft  He  runs 
thro'  the  Forest,  falls  into 
the  Toils  :  He  roars,  but  ca?!-. 
not  get  out.  The  Mouse  hears 
the  Lien  miferably  roar- 
ing, knows  the  Voice, 
creeps  into  the  Holes,  seeks 
the  Knots,  which  He  finds, 
and  gnaws;  the  Lion  escapes 
out  of  the  Toils, 

MOR. 

This  Fable  recommends  Clc- 
Tiicncy  to  the  powerful  ;  For 
as  human  Things  are  un- 
flable,  the  Powerful  themfelves 
sometimes  want  the  Help  of  the 
1  owe  ft:  ;  wherefore  a  prudent 
Man,  altho'  he  is  able,  feareth 
to  hurt  even  a  mean  Man ;  but 
He  that  does  not  fear  to  hurt 
another,  plays  the  Fool  very  much. 
Why  50.^  Be^aufe,  altho'  now  A«- 
^)/77^  relied  on  his  Power,  he  feareth 
Nobody,        perliaps,         here-p.fter 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOP.  9 

cnt^  ut  itidiguerit     it  iv ill  be ^  thT^.t  he  may  ha^oe  ivantcd 

vel  Gratia    vilium    Homun-     either   the    Favour  of  mean  Men, 
cicnum,  vel  metuerit  Irani.        or  ha'-ct  feared  their  Anger», 


FABLE     XL 


De  agreto  Milvo. 

Mllvus  dccumbebat 

Leclo  jam  ferme 
moriens,  orat  Matrcm  Ire 
precatum  Deos.  Mater 
refpondet,  Nihil  Opis  spe- 
randum  llli  a  Diis, 
quorum  facra  fof/6.y  viola- 
vififet  suis  Raninis. 


Of  the   sick  Kite. 

THE  Kite  lay 

in  Bed  noiv  almofl 
dyings  begs  his  Mother  to  go 
to  prey  to  the  Gods.  The  Mother 
anfwcrs.  No  Help  was  to  be 
hoped  by  him  from  tlie  Gods, 
li/hese  facred  Things  so  often  h.%. 
had  violated  by  his  Rapines. 


MOR. 

Decet  nos  venerari 
Decs;  nam  ;///  juvant /j/o^, 
Sc  advcrsantur  impios.  Ne- 
glect i  in  Felicitate,  non  ex- 
audiunt  Miserid.  Quare  sis 
memor  eorum  in  sccundis 
rebus,  ut  vocati  si7it 
l>rj:rcntes    //;  adverfis  rebus. 


MOR. 

It  becometh  us  to  'worniip 
the  Gcds  ;  for  they  lielp  the  pious, 
and  ivithstand  the  impious.  iVc- 
glected  in  Felicity,  they  do  not 
hear  ;>z  Misery»  Wherefore  /-^ 
mindful  o/'  them  in  prosperous 
things,  f/iaf  being  culled  they  may  be 
prefent  in  advcrfe  things. 


FABLE     All. 


De  Ranis  C^j*  earum  Bege, 

GENS    Ranarum,     cum 
ejiff  libera,  supplicabat 
Jovem,  Begem  da- 

ri  j;(^/.  Jupiter  ridebat 
Vota  Ra'Mirum,  Illx 
tamcn  iiillabant  iterum, 
atque  iteri'^m,  donee  perpcl- 
lerent  ipfum.  ///e  dejecit 
Trabem;  ea  Moles  qualTat 
Fluvium  ingenti  Fragore, 
Rana:  ierrita        filent  ; 

venerantur  Re  gem  ;  ac- 
ccdunt   propius  pedeisntim  ; 


O/tbe  Frogs  ^7iaf  their  if//z^>-. 

THE  Nation  cf  Frogs^  when 
J.'  Kvas  free,  besought 
Jupiter,  ybr  a  King  to  be  gi- 
ven to  them.  Jupiter  laughed  at 
the  Willies  of  the  Frogs,  Tiiey 
nevertheless  prelTed  him  again, 
and  again,  until  ^A^  drove 
him  to  it.  //<?  threv/  down 
a  Log;  that  Bfass  fhakes 
the  River  with  a  great  Noise, 
The  Frogs  affrighted  are  filent ; 
//j:^  rcfrtrewc-i?  their  King  ;  i/iy 
come       nearer      Step      by     Step  ; 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOP. 


tar.dcm,  Motu  abj'idlo, 
insuitant<f  &  dcsultant  ; 
iners  Bex  eft:  Lusui  k 
Contemptui.  Rurfuin  laces- 
sunt  Jovem  ;  oraiit  Regem 
dart  fibi,  qui  fit 

streniius  ;  qulbus  Jupiter  dat 
Ciccniam.  Is  perstrenue 
perambulans  Paludcm, 

vorat  quicquid  Rananim 
jft  obviam.  Igitur 

Ranse  frustra  queftas  fuc- 
lunt  (/^  Saevitia  hujus» 
Jupiter  «(?n  audita  nam 
queruntur         8c  /i^e^/f  : 

Etenim  Vesperi  Ciconia 
<fu?ife  Cubitum,  eggrcssa  ex 
^ntris  inurmurant 

rauco  Ululatu  ;  sed 

caniHit    surdo,.      Nam    Ju- 
piter   vult,    ut    qux    t/e/jr^- 
cflf^junf  clementem  Kegem, 
^     j2i\n /erant  inclementem. 

MoR. 

Solet        e'venire        Plebi, 

ut  Ranis,  qu(e, 

[      ii  habet  Regem  paulo   ir.an- 

I      fuetiorem,   darnnat   euin  Ig- 

I  r.c-viis    k   Inertia^    &    o/)?«^, 
,1     aliquando         F;>«j»         duri 

II  sibi :       Contra,      si     quan- 
!i     do     jjncfa       est       flrenuum 

J^egem,  darnnat  Sxviiiam 
l;ujus,  ?y  laudat  Cletnen- 
tiam  prioris  ;  sive  quod 
semper  poenitet  nos  prasfcn- 
tium,  sive  quod  est  vernm 
Dictum^  nova  esse  potiora 
veteribus. 


at  length,  Fear  being  throwH  aw^y, 
f/jc7  lejp  upon^  s.nd  Z^a/;  o^,  him  ; 
the  ilu^v^ilii  A75i^  is  titeir  sport  and 
contempt.  Again,     they     pro- 

voke Jupiter  ;  they  pray  for  2t.YJ\u^ 
to  be  given  to  them,  nvho  may  be 
valient ;  to  whom  Jupiter  gives 
the     Stork,  He     very     nimbly 

talking  through  the  Marsh 
devours  rjkatez-er  of  the  Frogs 
comes  in  the  way.  Therefore 
the  Frogs  in  vain  have  com- 
plained of  the  cruelty  of  him, 
Jupiter  does  not  hear,  for 
thty  complain  even  this  day  : 
For  in  the  Evening  the  Stork 
going  to  Refl,  having  come  ont  of 
their  Caves  they  murmur 
7y?7A  a  hoarse  Croaking  ;  but 
they  fing  to  one  deaf.  For  Ju- 
piter wills,  i/tat  they  who  peti- 
tioned against  a  meiciful  King, 
now  3car  an  unmerciful. 

Moa. 
It  is  wont  to  happen  to  the  com- 
mon People,  as  to  the  Frogs,  v/ho, 
if  they  have  a  King  a  little  mild- 
er, condemn  him  ^  Idle- 
ness and  Sluggishness,  and  w/i/i 
at  fometime/cr  tz  ii/a,-!  to  be  g'uvn 
to  them  :  On  the  contrary,  if  at 
any  time  they  have  got  an  ad\ive 
King,  they  condemn  the  Cruelty 
of  him,  a7:d  praife  f/i-?  C/e- 
mency  of  the  former;  either  becaufe 
it  ahvays  repents  us  of  the  pre- 
fent,  or  becaufe  it  is  a  true 
Saying,  that  new  things  are  better 
than  old. 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  iLSOP. 


11 


FABLE     XIIL 


De    CoLUPtDIS     'O'    MlLVO. 

COIumbrc  olim  gef- 
fere  Bellum  cum  Mil- 
vo,  quern  xit  expug- 
narcnt,  dekgerunt      fibi 

Accipit7'em'Regtm,  ///e  f ac- 
tus .ReXf  agit  Hostem,  non 
Regem  :  rapit  ac  lanlat 
n<3n  fegniusjfifc  Milvus.  P^^- 
w/?ef  Columbas  Ir.caep- 
ti,  putantes,  fuissc 

fatins  pati  Bellum  Mil- 
•t'/,  quam  'fyrannidem 
Accipitris. 

MoR. 
PIgeat  Ncminem  fu?: 
Conditionis  nimium.  Ut 
Floratlus  a/f,  Nihil  est  bea- 
ti.im  ab  omni  Purtc. 
Eqiiidem  non  optartm  mu- 
tare  mcam  Sortem,  Modo  fit 
tolerabilis,  Multi,  cwmqure- 
iiverint  novam  Sortem, 
rursus  optaverunt  veterem. 
-Sumus  fere  omnes  ita  vario 
Ingenio^  ut  pceniteat 
Nolmet  nostril 


Of  the  ViGE OlJ  5  and  the  Kite. 

THE  Pigeons  formerly  car- 
ried on  a  War  with  the 
Kite,  whom  that  they  might  fub- 
due,  they  chose  to  themfelves 
the  Hanvk  King.  //cf  being 
made  King,  ad\s  the  Enemy,  not 
the  King:  he  tears  c/ii^  butchers 
no  flower  f/ian  the  Kite.  It  re- 
pents the  Pigeons  of  their  Under^ 
taking,  thinking,  tliat  it  had  been 
better  to  endure  the  War  of 
the  Kite,  than  the  Tyranny 
of  the   Hawk. 

MOR. 

Let    it  repent   no    Man   of  his 
Condition        too        much.  As 

Horace  says,  Nothing  is  hap- 
py fro?n  eveiy  Part, 
Truly  /  luould  not  rj'sh  to 
change  my  Lot,  provided  it  be 
tolerable.  Many,  tvhen  they  have 
fought  a  new  State, 
again  have  wiflicd  for  the  old. 
We  are  almost  all  of  so  various 
a  Temper,  that  it  repentet/* 
Us  ourfelves  of  ourselves. 


FABLE     XIV. 


Z>i?  Pure  is"  Cane. 

CAN  IS    respondit     Furi 
porrigenti     Panem    ut 
fileat,  Novi  tuas 

Insidias,  das  Panem, 
quo  desinam  latrare,  j^c^ 
odi  tuum  Munus  ;    quippe  (i 


ego       tulero 

exportabis 

e^  his    Tectis, 


Panem^      tu 
cunda 


Of  the  Thief  and  the  Dog. 

THE  Dog  ansv;ered  the  Thief 
holding  out  Bread  f/iat 
he  would  be  filent,  /  knonv  thy 
Treacheries,  thou  givefl  Bread, 
that  /  TWrty  tea^t;  to  bark,  6«t 
I  hate  %  Gift;  /or  if 
/  fliall  take  the  Bread,  thou 
ivilt  carry  all  the  Things 
out  of  thefe  Houses* 


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^ 


MOR. 

Cave,  Causa         parvi 

Commodi^  amittas  magnum. 
Cave,  habeas  Fidem 

cui'ois  Homini  ;  nam  funt, 
qui  non  tantum  dicunt  be- 
nigne-i  fed  Ijf  faciunt  h€- 
nigne,  Dolo. 


MoH. 
Take  heed,/or  the  Sane  of  a  fmafl 
Frq/it,  t^oii  lofefl;  not  a  great  one. 
Take  heed,  that  thou  hast  not  Faith 
in  every  Man ;  for  there  are, 
^vho  not  only  fay  kind- 
ly,  but  also  do  Aind- 
lj>j  with  Deceit. 


FABLE     XV, 


Dc  Lupo  iJf  SUCULA. 

SUGULA  parturiebat  ; 
Lupns  poUicetur^  Se 
/ore  Cuftodem  Feeiuj. 
Sucula  respondit^  Se  non 
egere  Obfequio  Lit  pi' ; 
fi  lUe  velit  haberi 
pius,  si  cupiat  facere  id, 
quod  efl:  gratunij  abeat 
longius :  Etenim  cfficiuni 
Lupi  constare  non  Prasen- 
tid)  fed  Absentia, 

MoR. 
Omnia  non   sunt   creden- 
(\2i  Omnibus.   Is'luhi  pollicen- 
:ur  iuam  Operant^  non  A  more 
tui,         sed         fui ;  «on 

qurc  rentes     tuu.rA     Comnio- 
diim,  sed  fuum. 


0/the  Wolf  and  the  Sow. 

THE  Sow  brought  forth; 
the  WoU  promises,  that  he 
lonild  be  the  Keeper  of  the  Toung, 
The  Sow  ansnveredyTh-Sitfht  did  not 
nvant  the  Service  of  the  Wolf; 
if  He  is  willing  to  be  accounted 
affectionate,  if\it  defires  to  do  that, 
which  is  graiefuly  \^t  him  go 
farther  off:  For  that  f/je  O^ce 
of  the  Wolf  consistedwoX.  in  his  Pre- 
sence.) but  Abse-nce. 

MoR. 
All  things  are  not  to  be  ti  lift- 
ed to  all  Men.  Many  pro- 
mise their  Service,  not  out  o/"  Lo-d^ 
of  you,  but  of  themfelves ;  not 
feeking  thine  Advan- 

tage, but  their  own. 


FABLE     XVL 


De  Partu  Montium. 


Of  the  bringing  forth 
of  the  Mountains, 

Formerly  tliere  was  a  Rumour, 
tliat    the    Mountains    would 
bring  forth.    The  Men  ru7i  thither 
ftand     round      about,      expecting 
CHiippiam      Monstri,      non     fomething    of    a     Monster,     not 


o 


,LIM       erat      Rumor, 
quod  Montes  parturi- 
rtnt.       Homines    accurrunt, 
c.ircumfiftunt,        expectantes 


SELECT  FABLES  Or  JISQP. 


Sine       Pavore.  Tandem     without     Fear.       At    length    tlie 

Montes  parturiunt.       Mus     Mountains  ^r/n^/orf/i.     A  Mou)\i 
^xity  turn  Omnes  ridebant,        conies  outy  then  All  laughed. 


MOR. 

Jadatores,  cum  pron- 
tentur  is'  oftenlant  mag^na, 
vix  faciunt  parva.  ^a- 
propttr  ifti  Thrasone&  funt 
^wrc  Materia  Joci  & 
Scommatum.HdicFadula  item 
I'f^fl/  inanes  Tiviioves»  ^Nam 
plerumque  Timor  Periculi 
eft     ^  gra'Q.ior  Periculo 

/y>Jo;  ima  id,  ^moJ 
metuimy^s.y  eft  5*/^^  ridi- 
culum.. 


MoR. 
Braggers,  ivhen  they  pro- 
fcfs  and  boaft  ^;vf7^  things^ 
fcarce  <^o  little  things.  Where- 
fore thofe  Thrasos  arc 
/^  i^i^A'  the  Matter  p/  /e^f  and 
Scop.  This  /'jZ'/.f  alio 
far  d  ids  vain  Fears,  For 
commonly  the  Fear  o/"  Danger 
is  more  grievous  than  the  Danger 
itself;  nay  fAat,  which 
we  /t^c,  13  o/Vt'n  ridi- 
culous. 


EiJ.-^S        FABLE 


/)tf     Lk FORI  BUS    ^ 

Ranis. 

igiente  infolito 
trepldl, 
Lepores  occipiunt  ral^ide  tu- 
gerc.      Cum  Palus  obsistcrct 


SYlva    mu^ 
'I'urbincy 


Of  tlie  IIarks   a»;i 
the    FuoGS. 

THE  Wood  roaring \f\th.  an  un- 
ufual    JVhirhvind,   the  trem- 
Hara    begin  hastily  to   li\ 
[l7/£'/:  a  Fen  stopped  the;:-' 


hTnig 
away. 


tugientibus, 

comprehensi  Periculls 

utrinque,  Quodque  essct 
Incitamentum  r.iajoris 

'i'imoris,  vident  Ranas 
mcrgi  in  Palude,  Tunc 
unus  ex  Leporibus  pruden- 
tior  ac  dilertior  ceteris 
inquit,  ^lid  inaniter  timc- 
mus  ?  Eft  Opus  Animo 
quidem  :  Eft  Nobis  Agilitas 
Corporis^  led  Animus  deeft. 
Hoc  Fcriculum  Turoinis 
non  eft  fugiendum,  fed  con- 
ienincndum» 


stetire    anxii,      flying,        thty        stood       anxiou:, 
encompassed  with  Danger- 

on  bjth  sides.  And  wh^l;  wa» 
an  Incitement  of  greater 
Fear,  th^y  perceive  the  Frogs 
to  be  plunged  in  t/ie  i^tw.  Then 
ontf  of  the  Hares  more  pru- 
dent awi/ more  eloquent //ju';2  the  rest- 
faid,  What  vainly  do  li'e 
fear?  There  is  Need  of  Courage 
indeed:  There  is  to  us  Agility 
of  Body,  but  Courage  is  ^vanting. 
This   Danger    of  the    Wliirhuincl 


13    not    to    be  fed  from^ 
temned* 


but 


C 


SELECT  FADLE5  OF  JESOP. 


MOR. 

Efl       Opus       Animo      "r,t 

o;r,ni      Re,       Virtus    jacet 

fine  Conjidentia.    Nam  Coti- 

fidentia  efl:  JDux  k.  jRe^-ina 

VirtiLtis. 


Mon. 
There  is  Nt;ed  of  Courage  /n 
every  Tiling,  Virtue  ties  dead 
■without  Confidence^  For  Da- 
ringness  \s  the  LccuUr  and  '^ueeu 
•of  Virtus. 


FABLE     XVIIL 


Be  II>t:do  is'  Lo'PO^ 
A  PR  A,  cum       eittt 

itura  paftum,  concludit 
Ilxdum  Domi,  monens 
uperine   jSIemini,    dum    ipfa 


rjdeat. 


Lupus, 


Qi 


ivcrat    .id    precul,    post 
Di  Tee  {rum  Matris^ 

]Hilfat .  Fores.,  capriffat 
'■'in-i',        jubens  recludi, 

i~Ircdu3  prasenticns 

ii'olum  inquitj  Non  aperio  ; 
liam  e;^/  Vox  caprissat^ 
tamen  equidem  video  Lupum 
per  Rlmas., 

MOH* 


0/    the  Kid  fzwci  the  Wolf. 

THE  Goat,  7y/idn  flie  was 
^Zijjf?  to  go  to  feed,  jAw/j  up 
the  Kid  firf  Jrlome,  Avarning  her 
to  open  to  Nobody,  -till  flie 
nefr^r/i.  The        Wolf,        Who 

had  heard  /Ac/  afar  off,  after 
the  Departure  of  the  Mot'hery, 
knocks  at  the  Doors^  afts  the  Goat 
in  Voice^  ordering  themto  de  opened. 
The  Kid  perceiving 

the  Clieat  says.,  I  do  not  open; 
for  altho'  the  Voice  acts  the  Goat^ 
yet  indeed  I  fee  «  ^rb//" 
thro'  the  Chinks-, 


Fjlii,    obedite  Parentibns,  Children, 


MoR. 

obey    your 


Parents, 


•nam     eft     «f;7<?;     £c     c/erd-f    for  it  is  prof  table;  zud  it  becomelk 
Juvercm  aiiscultare     a       Young       Man       to     heavkcK 

.Seri.  to  an  Old  Man, 


Select  fables  of  ^sop. 


FABLE     XIX. 


Q 


De  RusTico  c3* 

Angue. 
UIDAM  Rustic  lis 
nutriverat  Anguem ; 
aliquando  iratus  petit 
Bestian  Securi.  ///e  evadit, 
71  on  fine  Vulntre,  Poflitea 
Ruslicus  deveniens  in 
Paupertatem  ratus  est  id 
Infortunii  accidere  Silfi 
propter  Injuriam  Anguis. 
Igitur  fiipplicat  ut  re- 
deat.  lili  ait,  S^  ignoC^ 
eere,  sed  noUe  redlre  ;■ 
neque  /ore  fecurum  cum 
Ruftico,  cum  fit 

tanta         Sccuris         Domi  \ 
Dolorem  vulneris 

defiilTe,    tani.cn    Meinoriam 
supsrcsse^ 


Of  the  Countryman  and 
the    Snake. 

ACertain  Cou?itrjman 

had  nouriflied  a  Snake  ; 
on  a-  time  bcin^  ^f-g''J  He  (Irikes 
the  Beast  wit-;  an  Ax.  I'la  eicape:^, 
not  without  a  V/ound,  Afterwards 
the  Cou7itryman  coining  .  into 
Poverty  iJiought  that 

Misfortune  happened  to  Jiini 
for  the  Injury  of  the  Snake. 
Therefore  he  entreats,  that  He 
would  return,  //crfays,  thath^  for- 
gave, but  was  unwilling  to  return  ; 
nor  could  he  be  fecure  ^itk 
the  Countryman,  wjien  there  is 
so  great  an  Ax  nt  Home  ^ 
that  the  Pain  of  the  Wound 
was  worn  away,  j/et  the  Memorj 
remained. 


MOR.  MOR. 

Eft     vix      tutum     habere  It     is     scarce     fafe     fa     ha've 

Fidem  £/,    Qui  ^emt/  folvit  Faith  in  Ilim^  Who  cj/jc."  has  broke 

fidem,  Condona.vc  Injuriam  Faith,      To     forgive     an     Injury ^ 

id    sane    eft     Misericordije ;  that  indeed  \%  the  Part  of  Mercy; 

fed  cc^ere  fibi,  but   /9    fa/ie   heed  of    One's    felf, 

t?"     decet,      isr      eft     i'rw-  <&6f/j  beccmeth,  and  is  the  Part  of 

tl.cnti<f,  rmdence* 


FABL2     XX. 


De  Vulpecula  15* 

CiCONIA. 

VUipecula  vocav.it 

Ciconiam  ad  Cccnam. 
Effundit         Opfonium         in 


0/the  Tox  i7/;a  the  SxcRK. 

THE  Fox  called 

the        Stork        to      Supper. 
She  pours   out   the    Vidtuals  upjh 


Mcnf^m,;  ^od,    cum   esset     the   Table^    •whieh^    wken   /:  t 


^%. 


16 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SO?. 


liquidum,  CIcoTiid  tentante 
Rostro  iVuitra,  VHlpecitla 
Tingit.  Elusa  Avis  adit, 
pudetque.  pigetque 

Tnjurix.  Post  plulculum 
iJierinn  redit,  invitat 
Vulpeciilam.  Vitreum.  Vas 
cViTit  fitum  plenum  Opfonii  ; 
(jiiod  Vas,  cum  '  elTct 
Lircti         Guttiiris,  licuit 

Vr.lpeculx  v/W.Ttf,  &  csiirire, 
non  gustarc.      C\cQn\\2.facile 


liquid,  fAcr  Stork  endeavouring 
nvi.h  her  Bill  in  vain,  the  Fox 
licks  up.  The  del uded^ird goes  away , 
and  is  afliamed,  and  vexed 
at  the  Injury.  ^fter  Ibme 
Z^.-yj  flie  returns,  invites 
the  Fox.  ^  G7r7j5  VefTel 
was  pkced  full  of  Viftuals; 
which  Veffel,  when  it  was 
of  a  narrow  Neck,  it  was  lawful 
for  the  Fox  to  see,  and  hunger, 
not  to  taste.  The  Stork  easily 
drew  it  out  7P/f/i  her  Beak. 


MoR. 

Rifiis 

mjrttui 

-      Risum; 

Laughter 

Joe  us 

J oci! •;■;■!  ; 

Dolus 

cr      Jci^      a 

Cf    fr 

^.us     //-^K- 

a     Trick  j 
€eit. 

MOR. 

deserves     Laughter ; 

Jeft  ;       a        Trick 

and      Descit      Ds' 


TABLE    XXI. 


Be  Lupo  c?*  pido 
Capite, 

LUPUS  ^^r^.'Tf,  & 
7niratur  humanu'.n 
Caput  rcpertum  in  OiHcina 
Sculptor  is,  fentiens  habere 
nihil  Sensus,  inquit,  0 
pulchrum  Caput,  eft  in 
'I'e  inultum  Artis,  sed 
Nihil  Sensiis. 

MoR. 
Externa  Pulchritudo,  fi;»- 
/f/-«a  adfit,  fjf  grata;  sin 
carcndum  eft  alterutrd, 
])rxftat  carerc  externa, 
(jiidm  interna:  n.7;rt'  ilia 
sine  hue  interdum  incurrit 
OJ.'unu    Ht    Stolidus    fit    i^« 


Of  the  Wolf  ancf  the  painted 
Head, 
''T^HE  Wolf  turns   about,    and 
X     admires  a  human 

Bead  found  /»  the  Shop 
of  a  Carver,  perceiving  it  to  have 
nothing  of  Sense,  he  fays,  O 
fair  Ncad^  there  is  in 
Thee  muc/i  of  Art,  but 
Nothing  of  Sense, 

MoR. 
Outward    Beauty,     if     tJie    /;n 
«;arc/ be  prefent,  /jpleafing;  <5Mf  // 
v/e  muft  want  f/VA^-r 

it  is  better  to  want  the  outward, 
than  the'  inward;  for  that 
without  this  sometimes  incurs 
Itqtred,  that    «  /'tfo/  is  /^  fi»  «2Wc/< 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  J^SOV. 


17 


odiofior, 
forinoiior. 


yuo 


the     more    odious,    Iry 
the  more  Irandfomc. 


liciv  much 


FABLE  XXIL 


De  Graculo. 
Raculus  ornavit 

Se 

;         deiiide 
Sibi^ 


Se  Plum  IS 

Pavonis  ;  deinde  vifu' 
pulchellus  Sibi^  contulit 
Se  ad  Genus  Pavo- 
nutn^  fuo  Genere  faflidito. 
////  tandem  inuUigentes 
Fraudem  nudabant  floli- 
dam  A-vem  Coloribus, 
l^  afFccerunt  cum  Plagis. 

MOR. 

HsBC  Fabula  notat  eos.^  qui 
gerunt  fe  sublimius^  quam 
est  scquum  ;  qui  vivunt  cum 
iis,  qui  funt  i^  ditiores, 
i5*  ma2;is  nobiles  ;  quare  saepe 
fiunt  itiopesy  k  i'unt 
Ludibrio. 


Of  the  Jackdaw. 

THE  Jackdaw  adorned 
Himfclf  ivilh  the  Feathers 
of  the  Peacock,  then  feeming 
pretty  to  Himfelf,  he  betook 
Himlelf  to  the  Race  of  the  Pea- 
cocksy  his  own  Race  being  dcfpifed» 
^Fhej  at  length  understanding 
the  Cheat,  stripped  the  fool- 
ilh  jB/Vi/  of  his  Colours, 
and  belaboured  him  ivith  blows. 

MoR. 

This  Fable  denotes  those y  who 
carry  themfelves  more  loftily ^  than 
is  fit,  loho  live       ivith 

thofe,  nvho  arc  both  more  rich, 
«nJ  more  noble  ;  wherefore  f5//c7i 
tlrey  become  poor^  and  arc 
for  a  Laughing-flock. 


FABLE  XXIU. 


De  Rana  b*  BovE. 

RAna  cupida  aequandi 
Bovem  diftentabat  se, 
Filius  hortabatur  Matrem 
desistere  Caepto, 

inquiensy  Ranam  esse  nihil 
ad  Bovem.  Ilia  intumuit 
secundum»     Natus  clamitct^ 


0/the  Frog  and  the  Ox. 

A  Frog  desirous  of  equalling 
rtn  Ox  flretched  herself. 
The  Son  advised  the  Mother 
fo  (/<^^;j^  from  the  Undertaking^. 
sayings  that  a  Frog  was  nothings 
ti)      an      Ox.  She      fwelled 

a  second  time.   The  Son  cries  out ; 


C  2 


IS 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  jESOP, 


Mater,     lice:    crepes,     nun-  Mother,     o/f/w'     you     biirft,      kC" 

quam  vinces  Bovem,  Autem,  ver  will  you  exceed    the  Ox.  But, 

eiim     intumuifiet      tsrtium^  %vhen  fhe  had  Iwelled  a  third  time 

crcpuit.  fhe  burfl. 


MoR. 
Qutfquc  habct  fuam 
Dotem.  Hie  excellit  Forma, 
nic  Viribvs.  Hie  poller 
Oprbusy  lUe  Amicis.  De- 
cet  Unumquenu:;  elTe  con- 
tentum  fuo.  li/e  valet 
Corpora,  Tu  Ingsnio  : 
(^uocirca  S^Jtsjue  confiilat 
Semety  nee,  invideat  Supc- 
riori,  S^i^oi  cH  inis€ru7n  ; 
jiec  o/)f<f^  tertare, 

^uof^  eft  Siultiti£. 


MoR. 
Every  on^e  has  his 

^?//"!.  This  marv  excels  in  Beauty, 
Ti^j^  in  Strength.  77//^  13  powerful 
in  Riches,  That  in  Friends.  It 
becometh  Every  one  to  be  con- 
tent with  his  own.  He  is  ftrong 
//J  Body-f  Thou  in  Wit  : 
Wherefore  let  Every  one  c&nfult 
Himself,  nor  envj  a  Supe- 
rior, Which  i3  a  miserable  thing  / 
nor  nvish  to  contend, 

Which  is  fAe  Pnrf  0/  Folly. 


FABLE  XXIV. 


De  JEquo  isr  Leone. 

LEO  venit  ad  comedendum 
Equum  ;  autem  carens 
Viribus  prx  Senecta^  coeplt, 
vieditari  Artem  :  profuetur 
Se  Medicum :  moratur 
Equum  Ambage  Verborum, 
Hie  opponit  Dolum  Delo  ; 
llngit,  Se  nuper  pupugisse 
Pedcm  in  fpinofa  Loco ; 
orat,  ut  Medicus 

inspiciens  educat 

Sentem,  Leo  pareU  At 
Equiis,  quanta  Vi  potu- 
it,  impingit  Galcera  Leoni, 
Ic  continuo  conjicit  Se 
in       Pedes.  Leo       vix 

tindem      rediens     ad      ^^, 


O/  the  Har-SK  ^zncf  the  Lrox. 

THE  Lion  cometh  to  tai^ 
the  Horfe  ;  but  wanting 
Strength  thro*^  old  Age^  he  began 
to  meditate  an  Art  ;  He  professes 
Himfelf  a  Physician :  He  flays 
the  Horse  with  a  Circuit  0/  Words. 
He  opposes  Deceit  to  Deceit  ; 
He  feigns,  that  he]3itt\y  had  prick- 
ed his  Foot  in  a  thorny  Place  ; 
He  prays,  that  the  Pliyfician 
looking  into  it  would  draw  out 
the  Thorn.  The  Lion  obeys.  But 
tlte  Horse,  with  how  great  Force  he 
could,  strikes  his  HetlupontheLion, 
and  immediately  betakes  Himself 
to  A/5  Heels,  The  Lion  scarce 
at   length    returning    to  Himself 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JISGP. 


19 


nam  fuerat  prope 

exanimatus  Idla,  inquit^ 
fero  Pretiuni  ob  Stuititiam, 
&  ;j  merito  ^Jff^^gii » 
nam      w/fu^       r^f       Dolura 


for  Atf  had  been  alraod 
dead  with  the  Blow,  iay-s, 
I  bear  a  Reward  for  wj?  i^^//>', 
and  he  defervedly  has  f.ed  aivay  ; 
for  he  has  revenged  Deceit 
luith  Deceit. 


MoRr 
Simulatio  est  di^na  OdiOi 
Ijf  capienda  Slmulatione. 
Apertus  Hoflis  non  est  ti- 
mendus  ;  sed  qui  simiilat 
Benevolentiam,  cum  ik  Ho- 
stisy  is  quidem  eft  timendusy  5c 
est  digniflimus  Odio, 


MoR. 
DifTimiilation  is  worthy  of  Hatred^ 
and  to  be  taken  with  Dillimulation. 
An  open  Enemy  is  not  to  be  fear-- 
ed  ;  but  he  ivho  pretends 
Benevolence,  luhen  he  is  an  £«<•- 
mjy  he  indeeid  is  to  be  fearedy  and 
»>  mpft  worthy  of  Hatred* 


FABLE  XXV. 


Z?e  AviBUS  Ijf  Quadru- 
ped ibua. 
ERAT     Pugna    Avibus 
cum     Qiiadrupedibus. 
Erat  utrinque  Spesy 

utrinque  Metusy  utrinque 
Periculum  :  autem  Vesper- 
tilio  relinquens  SocioSy  de- 
ficit ad  Hofles.  Axes 
vincunt,  Aquild  Duce 
£5*  Aufpice ;  vera  dam- 
nant  Transftigam  Vefper- 
tilionem,  uti  nunquam 
rede  at  ad  Avesy  uti  nunquam 
volet     Luce,  Hxc      est 

Can  fa       Vespertilioni,        ut 
non  volety  nifi  Noctu» 

MoR. 
Qui  renuit   effe  Particeps 
adverfitatis       i5*       Pcriculi 


Of  the   Birds    trnc^  the  four-foot^ 
ed   Beafls. 

THerc  was  a  Battle  to  the  Birds 
with  the  four-footed  Eearts. 
There  ivas  on  both  fides  Hope^. 
on  both  fides  Feary  on  both  fidos 
Danger:  but  Me 

i^flf  leaving  /z/j  Companionsy  re- 
volts fo  the  Enemies.  TAe  ^/rc/^ 
overcome,  the  Eagle  being  Captain 
and  Leader ;  but  they  con- 
demn the  Runaivaj  Bat, 
that  he  never 
rt?/ur«  to  the  B'lrdsy  that  /je  ««-ver 
fly  in  the  Light,  This  is 
a  Reafon  /or  Me  Baty  that 
Ae^  ?w/,  unlefs  in  the  Night, 

MoR. 
He  that  refuses  to  b?  Partaker 
of       Adverfity       ««<;?        Danger 


20  SELECT  FABLES  OF  TfLSOI». 

eum  Sccils,  erit     tvith    his     Companions,     shall    be 


expers 
S^  Salutis. 


Prosper  jtat  is     deltitute      of 
and  Saft^ty, 


their      Prosperity^ 


FABLE  XXVL 


De  Sylva  cS*  Bus- 

TICO. 

Quo        Tempore       crat 
Senna     etiam     Ar  bo- 
ric us,  Rullicus         venit 
tit 


in       Syhamy       rogat, 
liceat  tollere 

luni  ad  fuam  Securim, 


annuit» 

Securi  aptata, 
cidere  Arbores. 
quidem  sero 

Syham       fux 
doluic  esse 

Causam  fui  Exitii 


Capu- 

Sylva 

Ruflicus, 

cap  it     fuc- 

Tum,    ^ 

poenituit 

Facilitatis 

Seipfam 


O/the  Wood  and  the  Coun- 
tryman. 
AT    what     Time    there      Avas 
fl  Speech         even  fa 

Trees^  a  Countryman  c<77ne 
into  f/je  Wood^  aflcs,  f/tat 
it  may  be  lawful  to  take  a  Han- 
dle to  his  ^x.  The  Wood 
consents,  Tiie  Countryman, 
f/ie  ^«x  being  fitted,  began  to 
cut  down  the  Trees,  Then,  and 
indeed  too  late  it  repented 
tlie  Wood  of  her  Easiness^ 
it  grieved  her  to  be  Herfelf 
the  Cause  of  her  own  destruction^ 


MoR.  MoR. 

Vide,    de    Quo    merearis  Set,  of -whom  thou  7najest  deserve 

bene  :     fuere     multi,      ^ui  well  :    there  have  been   many,  Who 

abufi  funt  Benefcio  accepto  have     abufcd    a    Beneft    received 

in  Perniciem  Autoris.  to  the  Deilruction  of  the  Author, 


FABLE  XXVIL 


JDe  Lupo  iJ"  VuLPE. 

LUPUS,  cum  cffet 
satis  Pi  ajdsB ,  degehat  in 
Otio,  Vulpecula  accedit, 
Icifcitatur  Causam  Otii. 
Lihpus  fen  fit,  fieri 


Infidi 


as, 


0/the  Wolf  and  the  Fox., 

THE  Wolf,  nvJien  there  was 
enough    of    Prey,    //Dfii   in 
Idleness,     The 'Fox  comes  to  him^ 
demands  the  Cause  of  his  Idlenefs. 
The    Wolf  perceived,    there   were 
simalat       Mor-     Treacheries,     pretends      a     Dif- 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .f.SOP. 


2\ 


hum  esse  Caufan,  orr.t 
Vulpcculam  ire  precatum 
Deos,  JIhi  doUns^  Dolum 
non  su€cecUrey  adit  Pastoran, 
inonet,  Lattdras 

Lupi  patcre^  h.  Ho- 
i^erti  fecurum  posse  oppr-imi 
inopinatot  Paflor    adori- 

tuf  Lupum.  mnctat,  Vul- 
l^cs potitur  Antio  (J*  PraDcldj 
sed  breve  /uit  Gaudium 
sui  fceleris  //// ;  n^.m  pauIo 
j>dft  idem  Pa  (lor  cop  it 
ipfim. 

Mop.       • 
Invidia  n^i  fa  da   Res,  4^ 
interdum  perniciosa   c^uoqus 
Autliori  ipfi. 


eafe  '  ft?  /e  the  Canfc*,  prays 
the  Fox  fo  go  to  pray '  '//<? 
Gods.  S\\G.  griev'i'g^\\\At  the  Trick 
did  not  succeed, ^ocs  to  the  Shepherd., 
advlies  hini,  i/ia^  r/u  Den 
cf  the  Woif  /^  open,,  and  fA-t  £«<?- 
wy  being  lecure  could  bt  di-ftroyed 
unj\vares.  The  Sheplierd  rises 
upon  the  Wolf,  slajs  him.  The 
Fox'  obt-ains  the  Den  enfiithe  Prey  j 
<^/:*  (hort       waf       ts^he  Jo/ 

of  her  Villahiy  f^  Aer-,\  £"or  c  /;ff/e 
after  ihs  scimt  Shephsrd  *<j^<fjr 
her» 

M®s . 

foiR^tiayes  pernicious  ^        aJCo 

to  ^;^e  ^«iActj^ltijjifrlf.. 


FAELE    XXVIII, 


l)e  ViPtRA  c^  Lima. 

VIpera  offendens  Li  mam 
in  Fabiica  capit 
rodcre  :  Lima  fubrifit,  in- 
quiens^  Inepta,  ^iid  agis  ? 
7t/  -        ccntrivcri-s  tuos 

Dentes     entequara      aitevas 
,;j  Me^  Qu*  soleo  praemordeve 


Of  the  Viper  cwt/  the  Fil?. 

A  Viper  fnding  a  File 
.  in  a  Smith's  Shop,  began 
to  ^i.aw  it  ;  'i'/jt?  Fiie  fmiled,  say- 
ing, Fool,  JVhat  doii  thou  do  ? 
'F/icu  wilt  have  worn  out  t/iy 
Teeth,  before  thou  weareft  out 
Me,  who  err»  wor.f  to  gnaw  off 
the  Hardness  of  Brafs. 


MOR. 

Vide  et  10771  atq;  etiam 
Qnicuin  iinbeas  Rem  ; 
iS";  acuag  De7Ues 

in    fortiorem^     non      nocu- 
■cris  ;///,  fed  \ibi. 


MoR., 
See  again         and  again 

with  whom  f/iou  /w^f  an  Affair  ; 
if  thou  wliettell  thy  Tcct/i 
againft  a  stronger  Man,  thou  wilt 
not  have  !mrt ///;»,  but  thyself 


I^il 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  IL^OP, 


FABLE  XXIX. 


D'd  Cekvo. 

CErvus,  consbicctus  fe  in 
perfpiciid  Fontc^  pro- 
bat  proctra  Sc  ramosa 
Cornua,  sed  damnat  Exili- 
tate?n  Tibiarum  :  forte 
dum  contcmplatuTy  dum  ju- 
dicata Venator  intcrvenit  : 
Cervui/ugi-t.  Canes  insec- 
tantiir  i'ugienteni  :  sed  cum^ 
intravisset  denfam  Sjham^ 
Cornua  erant  implicita 
Ham  is.  Turn     demum 

laud'ibat  Tibias^  £c  damna- 
ifiit  Gornua,  9t/«  fccere, 
'Ut  cffet  Prada  Canibus. 

MoR. 
I'ettmws  /iigiendtiy 

fuglmus  petenda ;  Q»« 
ojfficiuni  placent.  ^i£  con- 
lerunt  displiccnt,  Cupimus 
Btatitudinem^  priuiquam 
intdligamus^  ubi  sit  j  Quse- 
rimiis  Excellent iam  Opum, 
l?*  Ccllitudinem  Honorum ; 
oplnamur  Bcatitiidinem  ii- 
tam  in  his,  in  quibus  est 
tarn  multum  Laboris,  4:^* 
Dolorisr 


0/the  Stag. 

A  Stag,  having  beheld  himfclf  in 
a  clear  Fountai::,  ap-- 
proves  his  lefty  and  branched 
Horns,  but  condemns  the  Small-^ 
ness  of  hi 3  Legs.  By  Chance^ 
"^hilft  he  looksy  whilfl  he  judges, 
the  Hiintfman  passes  by  :  the 
Stag  fies  a'ivcy  .  Tlie  Dogs^  pur- 
sue him  flying  ;  -  bx.t^  when 
he  had-  entered  a  thick  Wood, 
his  Horns  were  entangled- 
in  the  Bougks.  Then  at  last 
he  praifed  his  jLegs,  and  condemn- 
ed his  Horns»  which  made,- 
that  he  was  a  Prey  to  the  Dogs. 

MoR. 
"We  defire  Things  to  be  shunned, 
we  fly  Things  to  he  desired;:  what 
hurt     .    pleafe.  What         pros- 

fit  displease.  We  defire 
Happiness,  before  that 

we  understand,  where  it  is  ;  We 
feek  the  Excellency  of  Riches, 
and  the  Loftinefs  of  Honours ; 
we  think        Happiness        pla- 

ced in  these,  in  which  there  is 
fo  much  of  Labour,  and. 
Paia.. 


FABLE  XXX. 


Be  Lupis  C5*  Agki5. 
Liquando  fuit    Foedus 
inier  Lupos        13* 

Agnos,  S!uidus  eft 


A  ^' 


0/lhe  Wolves  and  the  Lambs. 

ON  a  time  there  was  a  League 
between    the  Wc^lyes     .-j/jc/ 
the     L^mbs,    t9    whom    there    is 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  J^ZOV. 


iS 


Bisconlia  Naturd.  Obsi- 
dibiis   ,1     datis  utringue, 

Liipi  dedere  fuos  CatnloSy 
Oves  Cohortem  Can  urn. 
Ovibus  quietis  IS'  pafcen- 
tibus,  Lufiuli  Dcfide- 
rio  Matrum  edunt 

Ululatu-7 :  Turn  Liipi 
jrruentes  clamitant^ 

Fidsm,  Fcedaaqus 

rolutum,  laniantque  Oves 
dcstitiUas  Prxfidio  Canum*  "* 


a  Discard  by  Nature,  Host  a- 
gis  being  given  on  both  Sidts, 
the  Wolves  ^ave  tliiir  Jilic/pSy 
tlie  Sheep  their  Troop  of  Dogs. 
7'/rf  Sheep  being  quiet  and  feed- 
ing, the  Utile  IVoiics  by  the  De- 
fire  of  their  Dams  fend  forth 
Jlowlinsrs :  Then  the  Wohes 
rufhlng  on  theiri  cry  out, 
that  their  Faith,  and  League 
■was  broken,  and  butcher  the  Sheep 
destitute  of  their  guard  of  Dogs, 


MoR. 

Kfl  Inseitia,  fi  /«  Foedei-e 
tradas         tua  Prasidia 

•Hofti  ;  ?mm  qui  fit  it 
Hoftis,  forsan  nondum 
deshit  cffe  Host  is  ;  ^  for- 
tassis  ccperit  Causam^  cur 
•  adoriatur  te  nudalum  tuo 
Fnesidio, 


It  is  i^^j/'/j'^  if  r;i  a  League 
thou  delivci'est  thy  Guards 
to  an  Enemy  ^/or  he  who  has  been 
an  Enemyt  perhaps  not  yet 
/<r/^  ceased  to  be  an  Enemy  ;  -Pivi^ per- 
haps will  take  Occasion^  why 
/if  JttiT/  r/otf  if/)c>/i  riiee  stript  of  thy 


FABLE     XX  XL 


De  Mcmbris  b*  Ventre.  0/the  Members  and  the  Belly, 


o 


Lim     Pedes    Sc    Manus 

incufabant       Ventrem, 

qu5d         Lucra  ipfornm 

vorarentur    ab     £o     otiofo. 

Jubent,  aut  laboretj 

aut      Jie     /)«^cf     all.       ///e 

fiipplicat  semel  atq;  iterum  ; 

tamen    Manus    negant  >4//- 

mentunt'y    Ventre    exhausto 

Inedia,     ubi    omnes    Artus 

t  C(xpcrtdcjicere-ft\im  tandem, 

f/  Manus    voluerunt  effe  o^:j;- 

kosa,  verum    id   feroj     nam 


Formerly    the   Feet    and  Hands 
accufed  tJie  BeUy, 

that  fA(?  Gains  of  them 
wfrtf  devoured  by  /j/m  being  idle. 
77ffj  command,  or  /et  /i/m  labour, 
or  no/  f/i/nA  to  be  maintained.  Ke 
entreats  once  and  again  ; 
yet  f/re  Hands  deny  ^'w^tc- 
«G/ice  ;  the  Belly  being  exhausted 
with  Want,  when  all  fA(?  Limbs 
began  to  /a//;  then  of  /a^? 
the  Hands  were  willing  to  be  o^.- 
ciousj    but     f/iat    too     late ;   for 


2i 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


Venter  debilis  Defiietudinc 
renuit  Cibum.  Ita  cimcli 
jlrtus,  <lum  invident  Ven- 
tri,  pereuiit  cum  permmte 
Ventre. 


the      Belly       iveak 
refused  Meat. 


by  Dlfufe 
Thus  all 
the  Limbs^  -vvhilfl  they  envy  the  Bel- 
ly, perish  Nvlth  the  perishing 
BcIIv. 


Socictas  Memhreriim 

non  clifTert  ab  humawa  S^cie- 
tate,  Membrum  e^et  Mem- 
bro,  Amicus  Aniico  ;  quare 
utamur  mutuis  Officiis, 
muiuis  Operibus  ;  nam  neq; 
DivUiay  iieqiie  Dignitales 
tuentur  Hominem  iatis. 
UHtcum  &  summum  Prae- 
fidium      ,    est  Amicitia 

Complurium» 


MoR. 
Tbe  Society  of  the  Members 
does  not  dlfFer  from  human  Socie- 
ty.  A  Member  ivants  a  Mem- 
ber, a  Friend  a  Friend  ;  ivherefore 
let  us  u£e  mittucl  Offices, 
mutual  Works ;  for  neither 
Riches^  nor  Dignities 

defend  a         Man         enough. 

The  only  and  chief  Safe- 
guard ;>  the  Fricndftilp 
cfMany, 


FABLE  XXXIL 


De  SiMiA  ^ 

SImia    orat 
ut  da 

Caudie      sibi 
Nates ;     tiam 
ri         Illi. 
Usui  U. 

Ilia    refpondet 
rJmis,  & 

Humum 
sua     Cauda, 
ves  Sim  in:  tegi 


Vulpecula. 

Vulpecnlam, 
ret       Partem 

ad  tegendas 
effet       One- 

^od 

Honor i 


esse 
Se 


foret 
Illi. 
Nihil 
malle 

verri 

Na-, 


!MoR. 
Sunt,  qui  egent  ;  sunty 
quibus  supcrest ;  ^  tamen 
id  eft  Moris  Nulli  Divi- 
turn,  ut  beet  Egenos 
superfud  Re, 


0/the  Ape  end  the  Fox. 


THE  Ape  /)rjjf  the  Fox, 
that  (he  would  give  Part 
cf  her  Tail  to  Her  to  cot'cr 
her  Buttoclcs  ;for  that  was  a  Bw-^ 
den  to  Her,  Which  would  be. 
en  C/je  and  Honour  to  K^r.. 
5^tf  anfwers,  that  it  ivas  Nothing 
too  muchy  and  that  she  had  rather 
that  the  Ground  (hould  be  brufhed  ' 
ivith  her  Tail,  than  thai,  the  But- 
tock of  the  Ape  be  covered. 

ISIOR. 

There  are  ivho  want ;  f/if rs  or*?,, 
to  vyhoin  there  is  O'veir  much  i  yet 
that  is  o/i3  Custom  to  no  One  of  the: 
Eichy  that  //i^  <5/fw  the  Need^ 
Kviih  his  superfuous  Store 


SELECT  FABLES  OFJ^SOF. 


FABLE     XXXIII. 


De  Vulpecula  y  Muftela. 

VUIpecula  tennuis  longa 
Inedid  forte  reps  it 
per  cngustam  Rimam  in 
Camerani  Frumenti,  in  qua 
cum  fuit  pvohc  pasta,  delude 
V^enttr  diflentus  impedit 
tentantem  egredi  rurlus. 
I.Iiistela  procul  coniemplata 
lu6lantem,  tandem  monet, 
si  cupiat  e-xire, 

redeat  ad  Cavum  inacra, 
c^uo  intraverat  macra. 

MoR. 
Vldeas    complures     l.-ctos 
alque  alacres    in    Mediocri- 
tate,  vacuos  Curls,  exptrtos 
Moleftiis        Animi,  Sin 

////  fuerint  facti  divites, 
'videbis  eos  inccdcre  moeflos; 
nunquam  porrigere  Fron- 
tcnij  plenos  Curis,  obrutos 
iliokstiis  Animi. 


T 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  Weafel» 

'HE  Fox  slender  by  long 
Want  by  chance  crept 
through  a  narrow  Chink  into 
a  Heap  of  Corn^  in  which 
when  she  nvas  well  fed,  then 
her  Belly  being  ftretched  hindered 
her  trying  to  go  out  again. 
A  Weasel  afar  off  having  seen  her 
ftrivinpf,  at  length  advifes, 
if  fhe  defires  io  go  out^ 
Ihe  would  return  to  the  Hole  lean, 
at  v.'hich  she  had  entered  lean. 

MoR. 
You  may  fee  many  merry 
and  cliearful  in  Mediocri- 
ty, void  of  Cares,  free 
from  Troubles  of  Mind,  But  if 
Tliey  fliall  be  made  rich, 
yon  shall  see  them  go  fad  ; 
never  to  fniooth  their  Fore- 
head^ full  of  Cares,  overwhelmjd 
\:j:ih  TroubUs  of  Mind. 


FABLE    XXXIV 


De  E'vuo  is'  Cf.rvo. 

EQuus    gcrcb.it    Bellum 
ciDU    Gervo  ;     landcm 
pulfus  e  Pafcuis 

implorabat  lunnanani  Openi, 
Redit  cura  Homine,  dtscen- 
dit  in  Campum,  vid'lus 
antea      jam     ft      Victor  j 


Of  the  II 0  USE  and  the  Stag. 

THE  I-Iorfe  carried  on  War 
rjith  the  Stag ;  at  length 
being  driven  out  of  the  Pafturcs 
Ilii  implored  human  J-felp» 
He  returns  toith  a  Man,  lie  de- 
scends into  the  Field,  he  conquered 
before  now  bccoraes  Ccncnieror ; 
D 


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sed     tamen 
ts'    nilTo    s. 


necelie, 
ferviat 
£quitem 
num  Oreu, 


Hoste     vi(5lo, 

^/.■3     Jugum,     est 

ut      Vidor      ipse 

Homini,  Fert 

,Dorfo,         i^;  c- 


but  yet  the  Enemy  being  conquered, 
and  fent  under  the  Yoke,  it  is 
necelTary,  that  the  Vidor  himself 
ferve  the  Man.  He  bears 
the  Horseman o\\\\\%  Back.,  the  Bri- 
dle \\\  his  Mouth. 


MoR. 

Mnlti  dlmicant  xontra 
Paupe-rtatem ;  qua  victd 
per  Industriam  St  Fortunam^ 
Libertas  Victor  is  fsspe 
inter  it ;  quippe  Domini  £■-; 
f^ictores  .Paupertatis  incipi- 
unt  fervire  Divitiis ; .  an- 
guntar  JFlagris  Avari- 
tix,  cohibentur 

^^V.xrils  Farcimonia ; 

;^>ec  tenent  ,Modum  qua^ 
rendi,  nee  audent  uti 
.Rtfms  partis,  Ju^to  fup- 
vjiicio  quidem  Avaritie. 


"MoR. 

Many  fight  agairtft 

Poverty;  which  being  overcome 
by  Industry  and  Fortune-, 
the  Liberty  o/"  f/ie  Victor  often 
perisheth ;  for  iAe  Lords  and 
Conquerors  of  Poverty  ^f- 
^/n  to  ferve  Riches ;  they  are  tor- 
mented w/fA  f/i."  Whips  of  Ava- 
rice, fAy;  cr^  restrained 
with  the  Bridles  ^  ParsimoJiy ; 
nor  c/o  i/zi?;'  /20/J  a  Mean  q/"  ^^n 
f/n^,  nor  do  they  dure  to  ufe 
the  Things  got,  a  just  Punish- 
ment indeed  of  Covetoufnefs, 


a?  ABLE     XXXV. 


De   Duobus  Adolesceiitibus, 

DUO  Adolescentes 

fimulant,  sesi  emptu- 
ros  Carnem  apud  Coquum: 
Coquo  agente  alias  i^^j. 
Alter  arripit  Carnem  e 
Caniflro,  dat         Socio, 

^it  oc-cultet  sub 

Veftc.  Coquusy         ut 

'iidit  Partem  Carnis, 
fubreptam  sibi,  coepit  insi- 
r}2ulare  utrum<i;  Flirt  it  Qui 
abstvlerat^  pejerat  per 
Jovemj    ss   habere    Nihil  \ 


Of  Twb  Teung  Men, 

TWO  young  Men 

pretend,  that  they  would 
buy  Fleeh  at  a  Cook's : 
The  Cook  doing  other  Things, 
One  snatches  Flefh  out  of 
a  'B2.{k€t, gives  it  to  his  Companion^ 
that  he  .may  hide  it  under 
his  Garment.  TAt  Cook,  as  foon  as 
Adr  saw  Part  <?/*  tAe  J^/tf^/t 
ftolcn  fro77i  him.,  began  to  ac- 
cuse each  of  Theft,  He  that 
had  taken  it  away,  fwears  by 
Jove,     that    he     had    Nothing-, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOP, 


sr 


veri  is,  qui  haduit,  pejerat 
idcjitidcm,  fe       abstulis- 

se       Nihil.  Ad      Quos 

Coquus  inquit,  quidem  nunc 
Fur  latet,  ^<?c?  is,  per 
quern  JiirawtJsy  infpexit, 
/<y  fcit. 

MOR.  f*' 
Cum/>ecca"u/mw^,  Homriiies 
W(3»  sciunt  id  statim ;  at 
Z)<?MJ  videt  omnia,  qui  5<?i/c( 
fupcr  Ccelos,  Sc  iaiiietur, 
AJDyiTos.. 


but  /je  who  /lii^  it,  fwean 
again  and  again,  that  he  /u7(/  fa/ic'/i 
a^yry;       Nothing'.  To      v  horn 

the  Cook  fays,  indeed  now 
fA<?  Thief  lies-  hid,  ^i<f  he,  ,  /;y 
whom  you  ha^ie  sivorn,  looked  oiiy 
he  knows. 

MoR. 
When  ive  ha^cs  sinned,  Men 
do  not  knoTo  it  presently  ;  bu^ 
God  fees  all  things,  who  sittcth 
npou  fAe  Hf.aiens,  and  /j»o';^  //i;^ 
tlie  Deeps. 


FABLE  XXXVr. 


De  Cane  ^  Lanio. 

CUM  Cfln;5  abftuliffet 
Carnem  Lanio  in 
Macello,  contimib  conjc- 
cit  sese  in  Pedes  quantum 
potuit,  Lanius  perculsus 

JadlLira  Rei,        primum 

tacuitj  deinde  recipiens 
Aninium,  sic  acclamavit 
procul,  O        turaciirime, 

curre  tutus,  licet  tibi 
currere  impune  ;  nam  nunc 
es  tutus,  ob  Celerltatem, 
autem  pofthac  observa- 
beris  cautiiis. 

MoR. 
Hzsc     Fabula      fignificat, 
p^jrosque       Homines       turn 
demuni        Jieri       cautiores, 
cum  acceperint  Damnum» 


Of  the  Dog  and  the  Butcher. 

WHen  the  Dog  had  taken  away 
Fiesh  iVom  the  Batcher  in 
the  Shambles,  immediately  he  be- 
took himself  to  his  Heels  as  much  as 
he  could.  The  Butcher  struck 
with  the  Lofs  of  the  Thing,  at  firll 
held  his  Peace,  afterwards  taking 
Courage,  thus  he  cried  to  him 
afar  off^  O  raoft  thieving  Cur, 
run  fafe,  it  is  lawful  for  thee 
to  run  unpuniflied  ;  for  now  thou 
art  fafe  for  thy  Swiftnefi, 
^»t ^hereafter  thou  shalt  be  observ- 
ed more  cautioufly. 

MoR. 

This  Fable  signifies, 

that  most  Men  then 

at   length  become,^  Tnore    cautious, 
v-'hen  tliey  have  received  Damage, 


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FABLE  XXXVII. 


De  Agno  Isf  Lupo. 

IUpus     occurrit      Agno 
^  comitanti  Caprum, 

rogitat,  cur  Matre  relida, 
pot  ill  2  fequatur  olidum 
I-Iircum,  sucidetque,  ut  rede- 
at  ad  Uuera  Matris 
distent  a  Lade,  speraus, 
fore  ita,  ut  la- 


nitt    abduftum 


:ero     ille 


?'n<7w/t,  O  Lnpe,  Mater 
commisit  ir.e  /i«/c. 

Huic  siimma  Cura  servan- 
di  eft  cfi/ffl,-  obfequar  Pa- 
::.•:?;■  potius,  ^^wi/n  tibi,  (/z;/ 
pulliilas  seduccre  me  /^f/j 
Biais,  e?*  mox  discer- 
perc  lubduaum. 


0/the  Lamb  and  the  Wolf. 

THE  Wolf  meets  the  Lamb 
accompanying  the  Goat, 
he  asks,  why  ///5  Mother  being  left, 
he  rather  follov/s  a  stinking 
Goatj  a«c/  advises,  that  i^f  wjjuld 
return  to  f/ie  Dugs  of  bis  mother 
stretched  with  Milk,  hoping, 
that  it  would  be  jc,  that  Ae  way 
butcher  him  drawn  away  j  ^wt  he 
says,  O  ?^o//*,  my  Mother 
hath  ccviniitted  me  fo  A/;n. 
To  him  the  chief  Care  o/  keep- 
ing is  given ;  I  ihall  obey  a  Pa- 
rent rather,  than  thee,  who 
requireft  to  seduce  me  with  those 
Sayings,  and  by  and  by  to  tear 
me  in  Pieces  drawn  away. 


MOR.  ^       MOR. 

Noli       habere         Fidem  Be     unwilling     to     have    Faith 

Omnibus;  nam    i!/w/i;,  dum  in    all   3Ien ;     for     Many    whilft, 

videntur       velle       prodesse  they   seem   to  be  willing    to  /)rqy?t 

Aliis,      interim      confulunt  Others,  in  the   mean   time   coai'ult 

^■jjlj  for  Themselves^ 


FABLE  XXXVIIL 
Dc  Agvicola  ilf  Filiis.  0/ the  Hufbandman  and  his  Sons. 


A 


Giicola    habebat     com- 
plures     Filios 


difcbrdes 


fv.ere 
Se  ; 

elaborans 
tuum    Amon^m, 


lique 

inter 

quos  Pater 

trahere    ad    mu- 

Fufciculo, 


A" 

XJL   n^ 


had  ma- 
and  they 
among 
themfelves  ;  ii>ho7n  the  Fatjier 
labouring  to  draw  *o  mu- 
tual      Love,      a     liitle       Faggot 


Hiifbandman 
Sons, 
were  difagreeing 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JLSOP. 


20 


appositoy  jubet  sitigulos 
effrlngere  circumdatum 

brevi  Funiculo  :  Imbeciila 
Mtatula  conatur  frustra: 
Pater  solvit^  redditque 
singulis  Virgulam,  quam 
cum  pro  fuis  Viribus  quifque 
yac//i  frangeret ;  Inquit^  O 
Filioli,  fic  Nemo  poterit 
vincere  Vos  Concordes ;  fed 
si  volueritis  savire 

mutuis  Vuhieridus,  atque 
agitare  inteftinum  Bellum, 
eritis  tandem         Pracdx 

Hostibus, 


being  put^  commands  them  single 
to  break  it,  bound  about 
with  a  fliort  Cord:  their  weak 
Touth  endeavoureth  in  vain: 
The  Father  looses  it,  and  gives 
to  each  a  Twig,  which 
when  Kvith  his  Strength  every  one 
easily  broke  ;  /Tie  saith^  O 
Children^  thus  Nobody  will  be  able 
fo  cenquer  You  agreeing;  but 
//  ye  fliall  be  willing  fo  rcr^e 
with  mutual  Wounds^  and 
fo  c?r/^ji?  on  intefline  fFar, 
ye  fliall  be  at  length  for  a  Prey 
to  your  Enemies. 


MoR. 

Hasc  Fabula  docet^ parvas 
Res  crescere  Concordia, 
tnagnas  dilabi  D  is  cor  did. 


MoR. 

This  Fable  teaches,    that  small 

increase     by      Concord» 

great  ThijigsfiiW  away  by  Discord. 


Things 


FABLE     XXXIX. 


De   Carbonario  iS}" 

FULLONE. 


0/  the  Collier    and 
the  Fuller. 


CArbonarius  invitabat 
Ful/onem,  ut  habita- 
ret  secum  in  eadem  Domo. 
Fullo  inquit,  mi  Homo, 
istud  non  eft  mihi^  vel 
Cord  i  J  vel  utile ; 

nam  vereor  magnopere,   we, 
Quse  eluam^  Tu 

reddas     tarn     afri^,     quam 
Car  bo  eft. 


THE  Collier  /;rj/V<?or 

the  Fuller,  ^Aaf  he  would 
dwell  with  him  in  i/ie  jame  Houfe. 
The  Fuller  faith,  wj  Man, 
that  is  not  fa  me,  either 
f<?  Tjy  Heart,  or  projitable ; 
for  /  /<?ar  greatly,  /ejt 
what  Things  /  wash  clean,  Thou 
mayft  make  as  black,  a^ 
a  Coal  is. 


MoR, 

MoR, 

Moneraur 
Apologo      ambulare 

hoc 
cum 

We    are 
Apology 
D  2 

admonifhed     by    this 
to         ivalk         with 

JO 


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incu!pctls\  monemur 

devitare  Confortlum,  sceU- 
ratorum  Hominum,  velut 
certam  Pestetn;  nam  quis- 
que  evadit  talis.y  quales  // 
funt,  quibuscum  verfatur. 


the  unblamed ;  we  are  admoniftied 
to  avoid  the  Company  of  wick- 
ed Men,  as 
a  certain  Plague ;  for  et^ery 
one  Cometh  out  such^  as  they 
are,  nvith  ivhom  he  is  converfant. 


FABLE   XL* 


De    AucupE   Isf 
Palumbo. 


0/the  Fowler  and  the 
RiNG-Dovjt. 


AUceps  videt  Palum- 
hmw  procul  nidulantem 
in  altiilima  Arbore  ;  adpro- 
perat  ;  denique  molitur 
Insidias ;  forte  prJemit 
Anguem  Calcibus;  hie 
Tnordet,  Ille  exanimatus  im- 
provifo  il'jalo,  inquit,  mise- 
rum  Me !  dum  infidior 
Alteri,    Ipfe  dispereo, 

MOR. 

Hxc  Fabulii  fignificat, 
Eos  nonnunquam  circum- 
veniri  fuis  Artibusy  Qui 
meditantur  mala. 


THE  Fowler  sees  the  Ring- 
dove afar  o^  making  a  Neft 
in  a  very  high  Tree ;  he  haftens 
to  himi  finally  he  contrives 
Snares ;  by  Chance  he  presses 
a  Snake  ^vith  his  Heels  \  he 
bites  him.  He  terrifed  at  the  fud- 
den       £«//,         fays,  nuretch- 

ed     Me !      whilst    1    lay    Snares 
for  another y  I  vnyitXi  perish. 

MoR. 

This  Fable  fignifies,  that 
they  fometimes  are  circumvent- 
ed with  their  own  ArtSy  who 
meditate  evil  Things. 


FABLE     XLI. 


De  AcRicoLA  {y 
Ganibus, 


Of  the  HUSBANDMAK  flr«rf 
the  Dogs. 


A    Gricola, 


cum 
hyemaffet  in 

Kuri     multos     Dies,     cfl?/»/^ 
tandem     laborare     Pentiria 


TH  E  Hufbandman,  when 
he  had  wintered  in 
the  Country  many  Days,  began 
at  length  f(?  /fl^oKr  with  the  Want 


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n 


necessarium  Rerurn,  inter- 
fecit  Oves,  deinde  8c 
Capellasy  poftremo  quoque 
madlat  Boves,  ut  habeut^ 
quo  sustentet  Corpufculum 
pene  exhauftum  Inedid, 
Canes  videntes  id  constituunt 
quaerere  Salutem  Fuga ; 
etenim  Sefe  non  victuros 
dintius,  quando  Herus  non. 
pepercit  Bobus  quidem, 
Q,uorurn  Ope^rd  utebatur.  in 
faciendo  rustico  Operc. 

MoR. 
Si  vis  effe  falvus, 
deccdfe  ab-  eo  ciioy  quern 
vides.  redadlum  ad  cas 
Angustias,  ut  consumat 
Inftrumenta  necessaria  fuis 
Operidus,  quo  supplcatur 
prafenti  Inedia, 


of  necessary  Things,  he  kill- 
ed his  Sheep,  afterwards  alfo 
his  Goats,  laftly  alsa 

he  (lays  his  Oxen.,  that  he  may  have^ 
■wherewith  he  may  sustain  his  Bod^' 
almost  exhaufted  ivith  Want. 
The  JOogs  seeing  that  resolve 
to  feek  Safety  by  Flight  ; 
ybr  that  they  should  not  live 
longer,  nvhen  their  Mailer  Aoj  not 
spared       his  Oxen  indeed f 

whofe  Labour  he  ufcd  m 
dping  his  Country  Work.. 

MoR. 
If  thou  art  willing  to  be  safe^ 
■withdraw  from  him  soon,  whom 
thou  seest  reduced  to  thofq 
Straits,  that  he  consumes 
the  Inftruments  necessary  for  hia 
Works,  ■whereby  he  may  be  supplied 
for  the  prcfent  Want. 


FABLE  XLir. 


De  ViJLPE  Isf  hKO»E^ 

VUlpecula,  qua 

non  folebat  videre 
Immanitatem  Leonis,  con- 
templata  id  Animal  semel 
atque  iterum  trepidabaty  i5^ 
fugitabat»  Citm  jam  tertia 
Leo  obtulisset  fcfe  o^i)/- 
am.  Vulpcs  non  metuit 
quicquam,  sed'  conSdentcr 
adity  &  salutat  illmn.. 


0/thc  Fox  and  \hc  Lio»* 


who 


THE  Fox, 

was  not  vront  to  see 
the  Fiercenefs  o/  /he  Lion,  having 
viewed  r/iat  Bead         once 

and        c^am       trembled,  and^ 

fled.  fFA^n  now  cr  third  Time 
the  Lion  Aac/  offe.red  himfcif  in  his 
Way.  The      Fox    feared     net 

any  Thing,  but  confidently; 
goes  up  to  and  salutes  hijB. 


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Confuetudo    facH      Nos 
omnes  audaciores,       vei 

apud    Eos,   Quos  vix  antea 
ausf/uimus  zi^pictrt. 


MOH. 

Cuftom  makes  Us 

fl//  bolder  even' 

among  Those,  Whom  scarce  before 
we  have  dared  to  look  upon. 


FABLE  XLIIL 


De  Vulpe  £5*  AquUa. 

PROLES  Vulpecula 

excurrebat  foras  ; 
comprehenfa  c3  Aquila  /m- 
plorat  Fidem  Matris.  Ilia 
accurrit,  rogat  Aquilamy  ut 
dimittat  Captivam 

Prolem,  Aquila      nccrffl 

Praedam  subvolat  ad  Pullos. 
Vulpes,  i^ace  cor- 

repta,  ^rwa^;  effet 

absumptura  Munitiones 

Incendioy  Cum  yam 

afcendiffet  Arborem, 

inquit,  nunc  tuere  Te, 
tuofque,  si  potes.  Aqui- 
la trepidans,  dum  metuit 
/ncenf//w7n,inquit,/)arceMihi, 
reddam  quicquid  habeo 
tuum» 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  Eagle. 


T 


^HE     Young   of     the     Fox 
ran  abroad  ; 

caught  by  the  Eagle  she  im- 
plores the  Help  of  her  Dam,  She 
runs  up,  alks  ii6e  £fl^/e  that 
she  would  dismiss  her  Captive 
Tffung,  The  Eagle  having  got 
her  Vreyfies  away  to  her  2ownj^. 
The  Fox  c  Fire-brand  being 
fnatched  up,  c^  if  Ihe  was 
c(^f>«f  fo  destroy  her  Fortrefs 
w/fA         i^/>e,  When  now 

fhe-  had  gotten  upon  the  Tree, 
fays  now  defend  Thyself, 
and  thine,  //"  Thou  canft.  The  Ea- 
gle trembling,  whilst  fhe  fears 
the  Fire,  fays,  spare  Me, 
I  will  reftore  whatsoever  I  have  of 
thine. 


MoR. 
Intellige  /jer  Aquilam 
potentes,  atq;  audaces  ;  per 
Vulpem  pauperculos,  ^o^ 
Divites  stepenumerb  oppri- 
jnunt  j&er  Vim.  Veriim  \xi\. 
interdum  probe  ulciscuniur 
Injuriam  gcceptam. 


MoR. 

Underftand       by 


potent. 


and 


the       Eagle 
bold ;       by 


the 

the      Fox      the       Poor,        Whom 
the  Rich  oftentimes        op- 

prefs  by  Force.        ^uf  the  Humble 
sometimes         foundly  revenge 

the  Injury  received* 


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FABLE     XLIV. 


De  Agrlcola  <Jf 
Ciconia. 


GRutbus       Anseribusque 
depafcentibus      Sata., 
Rulticus  pr  attend  it 

Laqucum.  Grues  capiuntur, 
Anseres        capluntu)-,  '<^ 

Ciconia  capitur,  Jlla  sup- 
plicatj  clamitans,  Sese  inno- 
centeni,  is'  elTe  nee  Griiem, 
nee  Anferem,  sed  optlmam 
omnium  Avium,  quippe  Qura 
semper  confueverit  inscrvire 
Parent!  seduTo,  8c  rJere 
Eum  confectum  Senlo. 
Agricola  inquit,  probe 
fcio'^  omnia  hxc  ;  verum 
poftquam  cepimus  Te  cum 
nocentibiis,  morieris  quoque 
cum  Eis, 


Of  the  Huibandman  and 
the  Stork. 

THE    Cranes    and    the  Gc:ss 
feeding-       on       the       Con:, 
the  Countryman  sets 

a  Gin.  The  Cranes  are  taken, 
the  Gees2  are  taken,  and 
the  Stork  is  taken,  .  She  en-<, 
treats,  crying,  that  she  was  inno- 
cent, and  was  neither  a  Crane, 
nor  a  Gooie,  but  the  bed 
af  all  Birds,  as  Who 
sl^-avs  ufed  to  serve  her 
Father  diligently,  and  to  nourish 
Him  ivorn  out  with  old  Age. 
The  Husbandman  lays,  rJell 
know  I  all  thefe  Things;  but 
fince  ive  have  taken  Thee  %vith 
the  offending,  thou  (halt  die  also 
"vv-ith  Them. 


MoR. 
Qui     commitiit     Crimen, 
^    Is,      ^ui     adjungit     Se 
Socium  Sceleratis, 

pledtuntur  pari 

Poena, 


MoR. 
He  that  committeth  a  Crime, 
and  He,  Who  joins  Himself 
a  Companion  fo  '/^e  Wicked^ 
are  punifhed  w/f/*  e^fUrt/ 
Punifliment. 


FABLE     XLV. 


De  Opillione  ^ 
Agricolis. 


Of  the   Shepherd  cnrf 
the  Countrymen. 


*PUER      pascebat 


Oves 

editiore  Pratulo,     atq\ 
clamitans   terque,  quaterque 


A  Boy        fed         his         Sheep 
upon  a  higher  Ground,    and 
crying  both  thrice,  and  four  times 


3,4 


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per  Jocum,  Lupum  adeffc, 
exciebat  Agricolas  undi- 
que :  11  ]i  illini 

faepius,  dum  jion  subveniunt 
implor:iriti  AuxUium<,  Oves 
Jiunt  Prxda  Lupo, 

MoR. 

Si  ^lispiam  confueveiit 
mentirij  Fides  non  habtbitur 
facile  Eif  cum  qccepe- 
rit  iiarrare  verum* 


in  Jcft,  that  the  ^Volf  was  tlicrC) 
he  raised  the  Countrymen 
on  all.  Sides:  They  being  deluded 
too  often,  ivhilst  tliey  do  not  co7ne 
to  him  imploring:  -^^//>j  the  Siicep, 
become  a  Prey  to  the  Wolf. 

MoR. 

If  an^  On^  has  been  ufed 
to  lie  J  Faith  7y///  wof  be  had 
eafily  m  ///;;.',  when  he  shall  have 
begun  to  iqU  the  Truth» 


FABLE    XLVI. 


De  Aquila  ^  Corvo,. 

A  QUI  LA  devolat 

editiffima  liupe, 

in  Tergum  Agni.  Corvus 
videns  Id^^^M-fVeluti  Simia, 
ttnitari  Aquilam,  dirnittit 
Se  in  Vellns  Arietis; 
dimlfTus  impeditur ;  impe- 
ditus  comprehenditur; 

comprehenfils  projicitur 
Pueris. 

MOR. 

Quifque       astimet        Se 
sua,  ron  Virtute 

Aliorum.  Tentes  Id,  ^od 
pofiis  facer€» 


Of  the  Eagle  and  the  Crow. 


I  *HE  Eagle  j?/e^  Jo^y» 
JL  from  a  very  high  Rock,, 
on  ^Ae  iiac;^  of  a  Lamb.  T/ie  Crow 
feeing  that  rejoiceth,  czi  an  Ape, 
^0  imitate  the  Eagle,  ^e  t/ro^^ 
Himfelf  upon  the  Fleece  o/*flE  Ram  ; 
dropt  down  ife  is  entaiigledj  en- 
tangled A#  is  taken  j 
taken  /;e  is  throvin. 
to  the  Boys. 

MOR. 

Let  every  One  esteem  Himfelf 
by  his  own,  not  bj  the  Virtue 
of  Others.  Attempt  That,  JFhich 
thou  mayft  be  able  to  do. 


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FABLE  XLVIL 


35 


De  invido  Cane  ^ 
BovE. 

CAN  IS  decumbebat 

Praefepl  pleno  FcEiii : 
Bos  venit,  ut  comedat; 
Ille  furrigens  Sese  prohibet  : 
Bos  inquit,  Dii  perdant 
Te  cum  isthdc  tua  Invidia, 
Qui  tiec  vefccils  FaeiiOy 
nee  sinis  Me  vtsci. 


0/thc  envious  Dog  and 
the  Ox, 

THE  Dog         /qy         down 

in  a  Rack  full  of  Hay  ; 
The  Ox  Cometh,  that  He  may  eat  ; 
He  raifing  Himself  hinders  Him] 
The  Ox  fays,  May  the  Gods dedroy 
Thee  with  that  thy  £wc^, 
Who  neither  art  fed  w/M  Bay, 
nor  sufferest  Me  fo  ^f/c^/. 


MOR.  MoK. 

Plerique  ^Mnt   eo  Ingenio^  Many     are     of     that     Temper-, 

ut  invideant  Ea  that     //j<y;     <?n^j      thofe     Things 

Jliisj  Qux   5M7it   nulli  i/^w/  to  Others,  Which   are   of  no   Us€ 

Sibi.  to  Themfelves, 


FABLE  XLVIII, 


De  'Gornicula  ^  Ove.  0/  the  Jackdaw  arnf/  the  Sheep. 


COrnicula  strepitat 

in  Dorso  Oviculai : 
Ovis  inquit,  Si  obfireperes 
sic  Cani,  ferres 

Infortunium.  At  Cornicula 
inquity  fcio  ^lidus  infuheni, 
molesta  placidis,  arnica 
faevis. 


THE  Jackdaw  makes  a  Noise 
on  the  ^cc^  of  the  Sheep  : 
The  Sheep  fays,  If  thou  made  a  Noiic 
thus  to  a  Dog,  thou  ivouldest  bear 
the  Damage.  But  the  Jackdaw 
saith,  I  know  Whom  1  may  infult,. 
troublesome  to  the  mild,  friend^ 
to  the  cruel. 


MoR.  MoR. 

Mali    insult  ant    innocenti  Evil   Men    insult  the   innocent 

^  miti  ;  sed  Nemo  irritat  ^^d  mild  ;    but   no    One    irritates 

fcroces  ^  malignos.  the  fierce  and  mifchievous. 


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FABLE     XLIX. 


De  Pavone  1:^ 
Lufcinia. 

PAVO  qiieritur  apud 
Junonem  Conjugem,  13* 
Sororeni  Jo'ois^  Lufcinl- 
am  cmitillare  fuaviter,  -St- 
irriden  ab  Omnibus  ob 
raucam       Bavim.  Cut 

yunoinc{u\t,  Luscinia  longe 
super  at  in  Gantu,  Tu  Plu- 
mis  ;  ^uisqiie  habet  Siiam 
Dotem  a  Diis.  Dectt 
Unumquemq;  esse  conten- 
tum  sua  Scrte. 


Of  the  Peacock,  and  the 
Kightingale. 

T'^HE  Peacock  complains  to 
Juno  the  Wife,  and 
Siflerof  Jupiter,  that  the  Nightin- 
gale sui.g  fweetly,  that  He, 
was  laughed  at  by  All  for 
his  hoarfe  Squalling,  To  whom 
Juno  fays,  Trie  Nightingale  by  far 
excels  in  Singing,  Thou  in  Fea- 
thers ;  I2verj>  One  has  his 
Gift  from  the  Gods.  It  becometk 
Every  One  to  be  content,- 
tvith  his  oxvn  Lot. 


MoR. 
Sumamns       Ea,        Qvz 
Dsus  ]?irgitv.v, grata  iVnimo, 
ncque  c^uscramiis  niajora. 


MOR. 

Let  lis  take  tliose  Things,  Which 
Gold  beftow^,  'with  a  grateful  mind, 
7ior  let  us  feek  greater  Things. 


FABLE    L, 


I)e    fenicula   MustEi.a    l5* 

t  MURIBUS. 

ITV  /TLTsTELA  carens 

i  VX  Viribus  prcc  Senio 
'on  valebat  infequi  Ilures 
j3'n  /far,  ut  solebat ;  ccspit 
meditari  Doluni  ;  abscondit 
Se  271  Golliculo  Farincc, 
f;c  sperans  fore, 

a^t  venetur  c/tra  Laborem. 
Mures  accurrunt,  ^  dum 
cupiunt  efitare  Farinam, 
Omnes  devorantur  ad  J7/i«?n 
a  Miisteld, 


Of  t he  old  Weasel  and 
the  Mice. 

THE  Weasel  quanting 
Strength  thro'  old  Age, 
was  not  able  to  purfue  the.  Mice. 
now  50,  as  Be  ivas  wont ;  He  begau; 
io  meditate  a  Trick  ;  He  hides 
Himfelf  in  a  Heap  of  Meal, 
thus  hoping  that  it  would  be 
that  he  may  hunt  without  Labour. 
The  Mice  run  to  it,  and  whilft. 
they  desire  to  eat  the  Meal 
They  all  are  devoured  to  One 
by  fA-"  Weasel» 


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MOR. 

Ubi  ^u'spiam  fiierlt  de- 
stitutus  Viribus,  est  Opus 
Ingenio,  LyfanderLa'c<?cfie- 
monius  folebac  die  ere  fiih- 
inde,  quo  leonina  Pellis 
n^n  pervenirety  Vulpii^am 
esse  airumendam. 


MoR. 
When  any  One  fnall  be  de- 
stitute of  Strength,  tJiere  is  Need 
o/  Wit,  Lyfander  the  Lacede- 
monian ufcd  to  say  of- 
ten, Tjherc  the  Lion's  Skin 
would  riot  reachy  that  the  Fox's 
^vas  to  be  taken. 


FABLE     LL 


De  Leone  l^  Rana. 

LEO,         c«m        audlret 
Ranam  loijuacem 

magniy  putans  esse 

aliquod     magnum     Anlinal, 
vertit     Se     retro,    et    sta7is 


parum. 


vidct        Ranam 


exeuntem  e  Stagno  ;  Quam 
statini  indignabunJus  con- 
culcavit  P.rdibus,  inquiens, 
now  movebis,   •    amplius 

ullum  Animal  clamore,  ut 
perfpiciat  Tc. 

MoR. 
Fabula     significat,    qu6d 
apud         verb«foa  A'ihil 

reperltur  prater  Lingiiam. 


Of  the  Li(>N  and  the  Frog. 
/       '^HE    Lion,    ivhen    he    heard 
J[  thg  Frog         talking 

at  a  great  Rate,  thinking  it  to  ic 
fomc  great  lie  a  ft, 

turned  Y[\\r\^Q\i  backy  and  standing 
a  little,  He  sees  the  Froj; 
going  out  of  the  Pool;  whicli 
presently  enraged  lie  trod  un- 
der  with  his  Fjeet,  saying. 
Thou  (ImIi  liot  move  any  marc 
any  Animal  with  thy  Noife,  thai 
lie  may  look  at  Thte, 


Mou. 
Fable       sigtifies^      thar. 
noify       Men       I<J'3:n.''j[^ 
is  found  except  a  Tongue. 


The 
aniotig 


FABLE     LIT, 


J)e  Formica  ciT'  Coluiviba. 

FOrmica       sitiens     venit 
ad         Fontem,         v.t 
bibcret ;         fort}       inciJit 


0/the  Px  SMIRK  and  i[\t  L'-vt- 

THE    Pii'niire  thirsting   ^ame 
to       a       Fountain,       that 
file  might  drink  ;  by  chance  Hie  fell 


in     Piitcum.  Columba 

luperfidcns  Arhorem  im- 
ininentem        Fonli^  cum 

conspici:ret  Formicain  obrui 
Aquis,  frangit 

Hamuliim  ex  Arbure, 
3jiC7n  dejiclt  sine  Mora 
in  Foinein,  Formica 

t  on  fee n dens  Hunc  fei"vatur. 
Auceps  venlt,  iit  capiat 
'Columbam  ;  Formica  per- 
cipiens  Id,  niordct  uinim 
ex  Pedibus         Aucupis  j 

Columba  arolat^ 

MOE. 

Tabula  signifu-at^  rum 
Brute  iunt  grata  in  Benef- 
cosy  eo  magis  li 

Mebent  efle,  ^w/  i'unt  Par- 
licipes  Rationis. 


into       a      Well.  The       Dotse 

Ikting  upon  a  Tree  hangiiTg 
over  the  Fountain^  when  shii 
sariv  the  Pifmire  overuhelmed 
in  the  Waters,  breaks 

a  little  Branch  fror.i  the  Tree, 
Which  (lie  throws  without  Del-iy 
into  the  Fountain.  The  Pismire 
getting  upon  This  is  laved. 
The  Fowler  comes,  tliat  he  may  take 
the  Dove  ;  the  Ant  perceiv- 
ing Thit,  bites  one 
of  \.\\t  Feet  of  the  Fowler ; 
the  Dovcfics  awaju 


MOR. 

The  Fable  signifies,  when 
Brutes  are  grateful  to  Benefac- 
tors, by  lb  much  the  more  They 
ought  to  be.  JPVio  are  Parta- 
kers of  Reafon. 


FABLE     LIII. 


De  Pavone  Ijf  Fica. 
ENS       Avium,       cum 
vagaretur  Hbere,  opta- 
hai       Regem       clari      Sibi. 


G 


Pavo  putabat 

imprimis  (lignum, 

degeretur,  quia 


Se 
Qui 

I'ormofilfimus.  Hoc  accep- 
to  in  Regem,  Pica  inquit, 
O  Rex,  ii,  Te  imperante, 
Acuila  coeperit  insequi 
Nos  Jjerstrenue,  ut  solet, 
quo  Modo  abi- 

ges  11  lamp  quo  P^cfo 
fervabis  iV^o^  ? 


0/the  Peacock    and  the  Magpie» 

THE  Nation    of  Birds,    when 
they  wandered  freely,  wished 
for  a    King  to  be  given  to   Them. 
The     Peacock    thought     Himself 
chiefiy  worthy.  Who 

should  be  chosen,  becaufe  He  was  • 
the  moll  beautiful.  He  being  re- 
ceivedyor  King,  The  Magpie  fays, 
O  King,  if.  Ton  governing, 
the  Eagle  fhould  begin  to  pursue 
Us  strenuously,  as  she  is  wont, 
by  what  Method  will  you  drive  a- 
way  Her  ?  by  what  Means 
"Will  you  preferve  Us  P 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


MOR. 

In  Principe  Forma  non  est 
tam  spectanda^         quam 

Fortitudo    Corporis,  iJ"  Pru- 
dentia* 


MoR. 
In     a    Prince     Beauty    is     not 
fo      much     to     be     regarded-,     ai 
Strength     of     Body,     and      Pru- 
dence 


FABLE  LIV. 


De  jE&roto  ^  Of  tJm  Sick  ^^A^^  and 

Medico.  the  Physician. 

MEdicu»     curabat      ^-  A      Phyfician  had  in  Cure  a  Sick 

grotum  ;   tandem  lUe  JLjL.   Man  ;        at        length        He 

mjritur  ;\.\xm  AIedicus\n(\\nX.  dieth  ;     then    the    Physician    faid 

ad    Cognatos,     Hie    peribat  to  the  Kinfmen,  'i'/z/^' J/a/i  perilhed 

Intemperantid.  by  Intemperance* 

MoR.  MoR. 

Nifi        ^uis        reliquerit  Unlcfs  Any  One   ihall   have    left 

Bibjcitatem      &     Libidinem  Drunkenness              and             Lust 


mature,         aiit         nunquam     timely, 


it  her 


He 


perveniet  ad  Senectuteni^  aut  will  arrive  to  old  Age^  e»r 
est  haoicurus  perbrevem  is  to  hare  a  verj  sJurt 
Senc(^utem.  old  Age.. 


FABLE     LV^. 


De  Leone  Isf  aliis. 

LEO,  Asinus^  £c 

Vulpes  eunt  venatum  ;, 
anipla  Venatio  capitur  ; 
capta  efl  jussa  parti ri  : 
Asino  ponente  Singulis  fin- 
gulas  Partes^  Leo  irriigi- 
ebat,  rapit  Asinum^  ac  lani- 
at,  Poflca  dat  '       id 

Negotii     Valpeculae,     Slua 


0/ the  Lion  and  other  BeaRs. 

THE  Lion,  the  Ass,  and' 
the  Fox  go  to  hunt ; 
an.  ample  Prey  is  taken  y 
taken  is  commatidcd  to  be  parted  : 
The  Ass  putting  to  each  their  iin- 
gle  Parts,  the  Lion  roar- 
ed, he  feized  the  Ass,  and  butchers 
him.  Afterwards  he  gives  that 
Busi}iess      to      the      Fox,      JVho^ 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  JKSOP. 


;iflntlor,  curn  longe 

optima  F^rte proposlta,  refer- 
vavilTet  vix  minii-nam, 
JLee  rogat,  a  ^^o  sic 
docta  ?  Cui  Ilia  inquit, 
Calamitas  Afini  dot  ait 
Me. 


more  cunning,  'when  by  far 
the  best  Part  being  proposed^  (he  had 
referved  scarce  a  very  fmall  one, 
the  Lion  afks,  by  Whom  so 
taught  ?  To  Whom  She  fays, 
the  Calamity  of  the  Afs  has  taught 
Me.    . 


MOR.  MOR. 

]ile  (Ti-f  Felix,  ®jfe;Mfiliena  He     is     Happy,    Wliom    others 

Ptriciila  faciuflt  cautiim.  Dangers  make  cautious^ 


FABLE  LVL 


H- 


j^e  H^DO  if  Lupo. 
^Edus     prospect  ans      e 
Fenestra  audebat 

lacessert  Lupum  prktercun- 
tem  Gonvitiis  ;  Qui 

Liipns  ait^  Scejefte,  Tu 
non  convitiaris  Mihi,  fed 
Locus* 


A^ 


Oftht  Kid  and  the  Wolf. 
KID  looking       out       of 

Windoiv  dared 

to  pro-joke  a  Wolf  passing 
by  with  Revilings  ;  to  Whom 
the     Wolf   says^    Wretch,    Thou 


doft        not 
the  Place ^ 


revile      Me, 


but 


MoR. 
Tempiis  ^  Locus  semper 
a'-ldiint  Audaciam  Ilomini. 


■   MoR. 
Time       and       Place 
add  Boldness  to  a  Man. 


always 


FABLE  LVIL 


Dc  Leone  bJ*  Capr?.. 

LEO  forte  confpica- 
tus  Capram  ambulan- 
t-m  editd  Rupe)  monet, 
I'.t  dcscendat  m  viride 
.Pratum  :  Capra  inquit,  For- 
tasse  facerem,  si  Tu  abef- 
fe;  ;  9:t/       noH      fiiades 


Of  iht  Lion  and  the  Goat. 

THE  Lion    by   chance   having- 
fecn  a        Goat        Aval  Ic- 

ing on  a  high  Rock,  advises^ 
t\i2it:  she  ivoidd  descend  mto  the  green 
Paflure  :  The  Goat  fays.  Per- 
haps I  fliould  do  it,  if  you  was 
av.'ay  j       Who    do     not     perfuade 


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^lihi  iftiid,  lit   Ego  capiam  Me    to    that,    tliat     I    may     take 

ullam  Voluptatem  inde  ;  sed  any       Pleasure       thence  ;          but 

ut        Tw      habeas,       ^lod  that     T/iow     mayft     have.      What 

fjimelicus  vores.  being  hungry    Thou  majst  devour. 


MoR. 
Ne  habeas>F/f/i?m  omnibus; 
nam   Quidam  non    coKSulunt 


MoR. 
Do     not     have     Faith    in    all  ; 
for      Some  do     not  consult 

for  You,  but  for  themfelves. 


FABLE  LVin. 


Be  Vulture  aliisque 

AviBUS. 

VUltur     adsimulat^     Se 
celebrate  annuum 

Natalem ;  invitat  Avi- 
culas  ad  Ccenam ;  fere 
ofiiiiess  veniunt  ;  accipit 

veniViStes  magiiO  Plaufu 
Favoribusque :  Vultur 

laniat  acceptas. 

MoR. 

,     Omnes    non   sunt   Amici, 

'  ^ui     dicunt     hlandi',       aut 

simulant^    Se  facere  benig- 

ne. 


0/the  Vulture  and  other 
Birds. 

THE  Vulture  feigns^  that  He 
Kvould  celebrate  his  annual 
Birth-Day  ;  He  invites  the  little 
Birds       to  Supper;  almoft 

ail  come  ;  He  receives 

them  coming  ivith  great  Applaufe 
and  Favours ;  The  Vulture 
butchers  them  received. 

MoR. 
All  are         not         Friends,- 

JVho  i'peak  /(^l^l)'y  o"* 

pretend,  that    They    ^viil  do  kind- 


FABLE     LI)C, 


De  Ansehibus  c;* 
Gruibus. 

ANferes         pasc-ebantur 
fimul     cum     Gruibus 
«ifidem         Agro»  Grues 


0/the  Gekse  and 

the  Cranes. 

/TpHE        Geefe      '  ivere       fed 

X    at thefamc  time w/V/itheCraiics 

in   the   fame   Fi^ld.     The    Cranes 


E  2 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


ransp'icatdB  Rufticos, 

leves     avolant ;  Anseres 

capiuntur,       ^a  impediti 

0:iere    Corporis,  nan  pote- 
rant  fubvolare. 

MoR. 
Urbe  expiignatd  ab  Ho- 
stibus,  Inops  facile  fiibd  li- 
cit Se ;  at  Dives  captiis 
servit.  In  Beiio  D'lv'n'xx:  sunt 
n.agis  Ojieri  quam  Usui. 


having  seen  the  Countrymen^ 
being  light  fly  away  ;  The  Geese 
are  taken,  Who  hindered 
witk  Burden  of  Body,  were 
not  ablt  to  fly  away. 

MoR. 
A  city  being  besieged  by  Ene^ 
miesj  the  poor  Man  easily  with- 
draws Himself;  but  the  Rich  taken 
serves.  In  JVar  Riches  are 
more  for  a  Burden  that  an  Use^ 


FABLE  LX. 


Be  Anu  iJf  Ancillis* 

QUasdam  Anus   habebat 
JJomi  compUires 

Ancillas^  quas  quotidie 
cxcitabat  eid  Opus  ad  Can- 
tum.  Gain,  Quem  habebat 
Domi,  ante'quam  lucefce- 
ret.  Ancillte         tandem 

comrnota  Tscdio 

quotidiani  Nego>tii  obtrun- 
cant  Galium,  sperantes  jam, 
lilo  necato,  Sese  dormitu- 
ras  usque  ad  Meridiem  ;  fed 
haec  Spes  decepit  Eas  ;  nam 
.Hey  a,  ut  rescivit, 

CjdWvm  interemptujn,  dein- 
ctps  Jubet  Eas  surgere 
intempefla'  NoCte.. 

MORV 

Non  Pauci,  diim  student 
evitare  Malum,  incidunt  in 
gravius. 


0/" the  old  Woman  and  her  Ma-ids, 

A   Certain      old     Woman     hid 
at  Home  inanv 

Maids,  Whom  '  "^t''  *t/' 

(he  rouzed  to  Work  at  the  (5  j'"^ 
ing  of  a  Cock,  which  she  had 
at  Home,  before  that  it  was- 
light.  The  Maids  at  length 
moved  with  the  Wearifomenefs 
of  their  daily  Bufinefs  be^ 
head  the  Cock,  hoping  now, 
He  being  kilkd,  that  They  lUould 
fleep  even  to  Mid-day ;  "but 
this  Hope  deceived  Them  ;  for 
the  Mistress,  as  foon  as  she  kneiv, 
that  the  Cock  ivas  killed,  thence- 
forwards  commands  Them  to.  rise 
at  Midnight. 

MOR. 

Not  a  fenu,  whilfl:  they  study 
to  avoid  an  Evil,,  fall  into 
a  heavier^ 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP. 


FABLE  LXI. 


De  AsiNO  Sy  Equo. 


A  Sinus  putabat  Equum 
Xjl.  beatum,  quod  esstt 
pirguls,  ^  degeret  in  Otio  ; 
vero  diccbat  Se  infelicenr, 
qiibJ  effet  macilentusy  8c 
stn'^osicSj  8c  quotidie  exer- 
cerctur  ab  immiti  Hero  in 
fcrendis  Oncribus.  Hand 
multo  post  conclamant  ad 
Anna  j  turn  Equus  non  re- 
pulit  Fiasnum  Ore, 

Equitem  Dorso^         nee 

Te'  m     Corpore,       Asinus, 

■^iLon*-^^'  ./S'-^'^J  magnas 
Gia'is  DitSf  quod  non  fe- 
ci 3 -.y^t  Se  Equumj  led 
uisjiium. 


0/the  Ass  cn^  the  Horse. 

THE  Afs  thought  the  Horfe 
happy  ^  becaule  Ae  w«s 
fat  and  lived  m  Idlenefs  ; 
but  he  called  Himself  unhappy, 
because  He  wa^  /fan,  and 
raw-boned^  and  c^a//)/  was  cxer- 
cifed  by  an  unmereiful  Master  in 
bearing         Burdens.  iVbt 

much  after  they  cry  fo 
Arms  ;  then  the  Horfe  drove  not 
back  the  Bridle  from  his  Mouthy 
the  Horfeman  from  his  back^  nor 
r/je  Dart  from  his  Body.  T/ie  AsSy 
This  <^e/«^  Jee??,  gave  greats 
Thanks  to  the  Godsy  that  they  had 
not  made  him  a  Horse,  but 
en  Ass, 


MOR. 

Sunt       Miseriy  Quos 

Vulgus  judicat  beatos ;  £c 
«on  Ptzwc/  funt  (^^jf/,  Qui 
putant,^  Se  miserrimos. 
Sutpr  crepidarius  c^/c/t 
Kegem,  felicemy  non  con- 
siderans  in  quantas  Res  b* 
Solicitudines  distrahitury 
dum  interim  Ipfe  cantillat 
cum  optima  Paupertate. 


MoH. 
They  are  miserabUy  Whom 
*Atf  rw/^or  judges  /mj&/)y  ,-  and 
wof  a  feiv  are  happyy  Who 
fA/nA  Them fe Ives  wcjf  miserable. 
The  Coble  r  ca//^ 

the  King  happy,  not  consider- 
ing into  /jow  ^recf  Affairs  cn^ 
Troubles  /ze  is  dra'wny 

whilft  /rt  f/je  mean  time  He  ^;»^^ 
•NYith  his  best  Poverty. 


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FABLE     LXIL 


De  Leone  ^  Tauro. 

TAurus  fugiens  Leo- 
nem  incidit  in  Hircum  ; 
Is  minitabatur  Cornii  ^ 
caperata  Fronte  :  Ad  ^ueni 
Taurus  plcnus  Ira  inguit, 
Tua  Frons  contraila  m 
Rugas  non  terriiat  Me  ; 
^fc/         metuo  immanem 

Leonem,  ^ui  nifl  hareret 
me  Tergo  jam  scires 
efl*e  7ion  ita  parvam  Rem. 
pugnare  cuiif  Tauro, 

MOR. 

Calamitas  no/i  e^f  addenda 
calamitosis.  Eft      Miser 

fat,  ^fi/  eft  je-me/  mifer. 


O/the  Lion  c;ifi  the  Bull, 

THE  Bulb  jjj/n^  the  Li- 
on /<;//  upon  f/ie  Goaf  ; 
He  threatened  with  his  Horn  cnc/ 
wrinkled  .  Broiv  :  To  Whom 
the  Bull  /iA//  of  Anger  ^a/J, 
Thy  Brow  contracSled  into 
Wrinkles  does  not  affriglit  Me  ; 
but  I  fear  a  vast 

Lion,  Who  unlcfs  he  stuck 
to  my  Backf  now  jou  should  knoiu 
that  it  is  not  fo  little  a  Thing 
to  fight  with  a  iSwi/. 

MoR. 
Calamity    is    not    to    be   ^a^tlt;d 
to  the  calamitous.     He  i^  tniset^ible 
enough,  Who  is  once  miferablei'^ 


FABLE     LXIII. 


.  D-e  Testudine  i:f 
Aquila. 

TiEdium  reptandi 

occupaverat  testicdinem, 
fi  ^lis  tolleret  Earn  in 
Ccelum-i  pollicetur  B  ace  as 
rubri       Maris,  Aquila 

sustulit  Earn  ;  poscit  Pre- 
mium ;  ^  fodit  Earn  non  /m- 
bentem     Unguibus.  /fa, 

Teftudo,  ^<^  concupivit 
vide,  e  Aftra,  reliquit  Vitam 
in  Aftris. 


(y  the  ToRTOis.E  and 
the  Eagle.. 

WEarlnefs  of        creeping: 

had  feized  the  Tortoise ; 
if  any  One  would  lift  up  Her  into 
Heauen,  She  promifes  the  Pearls 
of  the  red  Sea,  The  Eagle 
took  up  Her  ;  demands  the  Re- 
ward ;  and  pierces  Her  not  hav- 
ing  it  with  her  Talons.  Thus-, 
the  Tortoife,  Which  defired 
to  see  the  Stars,  left  her  Life 
in  the  Stars. 


MOR. 

Sis  contentus  tua  Sorte, 
Fuere  Nonnulli^  Q^h 
si  manfiffent  humiles^ 
fuiffent  tiiti;  fa£li  sitbiimes, 
iiicidcrunt  in  Pericula. 


SELECT   FABLES  OF  ILSOV. 

MoR. 


45 


Re  contented  with  thy  Lot. 
There  have  been  Some,  Who, 
//  they  had  remained  lonv, 
would  have  been  safe  ;  become  highy 
have  fdllen  into  Dangers. 


FABLE  LXIV. 


De  Cancro  ^  ejus 
Matre. 

MAter    monet  Gancriim 
retrugradum,  ut 

eat     antrorlum.  Filius 

rerpondet,   Mater,     1    pne, 
fequar. 


MoR. 
Reprehenderis 


Vitii, 


CUJUS 


Nullum 
Ipfe 


queas  reprehendi. 


Of  the  Crab  and  his 
Mother. 
''THHE  Mother  adx^ises  the  Crab 
JL  ^<^'f^^  backwards^  that 
He  tvould  go  forwards.  The  Son 
anfwers,  Mothsr,  go  you  before ^ 
1  will  follow. 

Mo?.. 
You   il40uld   reprehend    no    One 
of  a  Vice,  of  ivhich  You  Yourfelf 
may  be  reprehended. 


FABLE  LXV. 


De    Sole    Kst    Aqi^i- 

LONE. 

SOL  ^  Aquilo 

certain^  Uter       sit 

fortior.  Est  conventum 
ab  I  His  experiri  Vires  in 
Viatorem ;  ut         ftrat 

Pal  mam,  ^ui  excuiterit 
Manticam,  Boreas  aggre- 
ditur  Viatcrem  horrisono 
Nimbo  ;  at  Ille  non  desistit 
duplicare    Amictuni     gradi- 


(9/ the  Sun  ^^7^/ the  North- 
Wind. 
THE  Sun  ^  the  Ncr'.h-Wind 
sfriv'e^  Whether  is 

the     ftrongcr.  It     is     agreed 

bj  Th^m  to  try  their  Strength  u\ion 
a  Traveller ;  that  He  bear 
the  Palm,  Who  fliall  have  (haken  oiT 
his     Cloak,  Boreas     sets     up- 

on the  Traveller  with  a  rattling 
Cloud  ;  but  He  does  not  desisi 
to    double    his     Cloak    in    going 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  JE.SO'P. 


Sol    experitur   fuas 

,    Nimboque   paulatim 

em  it  tit 


endo. 

Vires 

eviito, 

Radios.  Viator     inclpit 

astuare^    fudare,    anhtlare  .- 

Tandem    nequiens    progiedi 

residet  inhfrondoso^cmoYt, 

Ita  Vi(Sloria  contigit  Soli. 


on.  The       Sun       tries       \\v. 

^treng: hj2ind  the  Storm  little bj little 
being  ■  overcome,  sends  forth 
his  Beams.  The  Traveller  begins 
to  grew  hot^  to  fweat,  to  pant : 
At  leiiijth  not  heing  ahle  to  go  on 
He  sitsdoiun  underia  shady  Grove. 
Thus  the  Victory  yv//  tr  -^lie  Sun*, 


MoR.  MoR.        • 

Id  sape   obtinetur  Man-         That  often  is   obtained  6y   Gen- 

suetudiney  Quod    7ion  potest     tlejiess,  which       is     not     able 

extorquer-i  Vi*  to  be  extorted  dj  Force. 


FABLE  LXVL 


De  AsiNo. 


A  Sinus   venit  in  Sjylvatny 
cfTendit  Exuvias    Le- 
onis,  ^libus         indutus 

venit  in  Pascua^  terri- 
tat  ^  fugat  Greges 
&  Armenia»  Venit,  ^'i 
perdiderat,  qiiaritat  fuum 
Asinum,  Afinus,  Hero  vifo, 
mccurrity  imo  incur- 

rit     fuo       Rugitu,  At 

Herus  Auriculis  prehensisy 
Quae  extabanty  inquit, 
Mi  Afelle,  possis  falle- 
re  Alios,.  Ego  ^ro<^^  novi  Te. 

Moil. 
Ne  simules  Te  e^je,  Quod 
«ow  £"5  ,-  non  doctum,  cum 
5/5  indodlus  ;  non  Jactes 
Te  divitem  &  nob  Hem,  cum 
s/^  pauper  5^  ignobilis ; 
etenim,  vero  comperto, 
rideberis. 


0/the  Ass. 

THE  Afs  eomes  into  the  Wood, 
finds  f/^e  .S'/^m  of  a  Li- 
on, ivith  Which  being  clad 
He  comes  into  the  Pastures,  af- 
frights and  puts  to  flight  the  Flocks 
and  Herds.  He  comes,  Jf^Aa 
had  loft  him,  seeks  his 
Ass,  The  Afs,  his  masterhemg  ^een, 
runs  to  him,  nay  runs  upon 
Him   with    his    Braying,  Hut 

f//i?    Master  his    Ears    i$'e/nj   Ae/r/, 
Which  stood  out,  fays, 

ilfv  Afs,  thou  mayst  be  able  to  de- 
ceive Others,  I  full  well  know  Thee, 

MoR. 
Do  not  feign  Thyfelf  to  be,  What 
ihou  art  net  ;  not  learned,  when 
^Aow  crt  unlearned  ;  do  not  boast 
Thyfelf  rich  and  noble,  when 
TVzoM  art  poor  a«c?  ignoble  ; 
for,  the  'IVuth  <^f/Vi^  found, 
thou  wilt  be  laughed  at.. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .£SOP. 


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^ABLE  LXVIL 


De  mordaci  Cane, 
Ominus  a///^at>/i  Nolam 
jJ___J'  Cant  fubinde  mordenti 
'■    niiues,  Mf  C^ulfi^;   ca'veret 
.  >i.  Ca.iisy         ratU3 

'Id  "Decus ^  jributum  fiiae 
Virtuti-,  d^Tpicit  suos  Popu- 
lates. Aliquis  jam  gravis 
^tate  ISf  Audoritate  accedit 
ad  liunc  Canem,  monens 
Eum,  ne  erret  ;  nam 
inquit^  Ifta  Nola  cfl  data 
Tihi  /»  Dedecusj  kow  in 
Decusm 

MoR. 
Glorlofus  interdum 

ducit       /J      Laudi        5'/(5/, 
Quod  est  Vituperio  Ipsi, 


(9/ the  biting  Doc. 

THE  Mafter  f/(f<^  a  little  Bdl 
to  f/?e  jDo^  often  biting 
Men,  ?/<af  every  one  should  take  heed 
to  Himfelf.  The  Dog^  thinking 
Tliat  an  Ornament  given  to  his 
Virtue,  defpifes  his  Neigh- 
bours. One  now  grave 
with  Age  a7id  Authority  covies 
to  this  Dog,  advising 
Him,  f/wt  /le  t;rr  «of  ;  for 
sajfs  he,  That  //V//^  5f//  is  gi^en 
to  Thee  /or  a  Diigrace,  not  for 
c  Grace. 

MoR. 
The      Vain-glorious     sometiracs 
takes  T/2^f  for  a  Praife  to  Himself, 
Which  /\f  for  a  Difgrace  to  Him, 


FABLE  LXVIIL 


De  Camelo. 

CAmelus  despiciejis  Se, 
querebatur,  Tauros  ire 
infignes  geminis  Cornibus  ; 
Se  inermem  esse  objedlum 
ceteris  Animalibus  ;  orat 
Jovem  don  are  Cornua  Sibi  : 
Jupiter  ridet  StuUiiiam 
Cameli,  nee  modo  ncgat 
Votum  Cameli,  verum  Sc 
decurtat   Auriculas  Besti<e, 


0/the  Camel. 

THE  Camel  despising  Himfelf 
complained,  that  the  Bulls  ivent 
remarkable  with  two  Horns  ; 
that  He  without  Arms  was  expofed 
to  the  other  Animals  ;  He  prays 
Jupiter  to  give  Horns  to  H<r):  : 
Jupiter  laughs  at  the  Folly 
of  the  Camel,  nor  only  denies 
the  Wish  of  the  Camel,  but  alfo 
crops  the  Ears  of  the  Beast, 


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MOR. 

Ouifque    '  lit 
fua        Fortiind: 
Multi       fecuti 
iiicurrere  p^Jorem. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  zESOP. 

MoR. 


consent  us         Let    every    One    hz     contented 
Etenim     with     his      own     Fortune  :       For 
msUorcm;     Many   having    followed    a    better^ 
have;  run  into  a  toorse. 


FABLE     LXIX. 


Dc  duobus  Amicis  tf 
Urso. 

DUO  Jmici  fiiciunt 
Iter  ;  Urlus  .  cccur^ 
rit  in  It inere]  Unus  scandens 
Arborem  evitat  Pericalum  ; 
Alter,  Gum  noji  esset 
Spes  Fugx,  procidens 
simulat  Se  mortuum.  Urfus 
ace  edit)  &  olfacit  Aures  ^ 
O.s.  Homine  continente 
Spiritura  &c  Motumy  Urfus, 
^ui  parcit  Mortuis,  credens 
Eum  effe  mortuujn,  abibat. 
Postea  Socio  percontante 
cjuidnam  Bestia  dixiffet  //// 
accumbenti  in  Aureni,  alt, 
Monuiffe  Hoc,  ne  un- 
quam  facer  em  Iter 

cum  Amicis  istius  Modi. 

MoR. 
Adverfse    Res  &  Pericula 
deiignant  veruntKraxcMxn, 


0/the  two  FRiEl/sl^/ifr 
the  Bear. 

TWO  Friends  make 

a  Journey;  li  Bear  meets 
them  in  the  Road ;  One  climbing 
up  a  Tree  shuns  the  Dinger  ; 
The  other )  when  there  'was  not 
Hope  of  Flighty  falling  down 
feigns  Himfelf  Dead.  The  Bear 
comes y  and  smells  to  his  Ears  and 
Mouth.  The  Man  holding  in 
Breath  and  Motion,  The  Bear 
Which  fpares  the  dead,  believing 
that  He  was  dead,  went  away. 
Afterwards  the  Companion  asking 
what  iAc  Beast  had  faid  fc?  i//7?i. 
lying  down  in  his  Ear,  i/1?  says, 
that  He  had  advifed  This,  that 
T  ftiould  not  ever  make  a'  Journey 
7p/iA  Friends  of  this  Kind. 

MOR. 

Adverfe    Things   and    Dangers 
{how  i/i^-  true  Friend. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


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FABLE  LXX. 


jDtf  Ru{lico  ly  Fortuna.         0/thc  Countryman  and  Fortune. 


RUsTicus,  cu:n 

araret,  ojfendebat 

1'hefaurum  in  Sulcis.  For- 
tuna videns.  Nihil  Honoris 
haberi  Sibi,  ita  locuta  eft 
■Secum  :  Thefauro  repertOf 
Stolidus  fion  est  gratus  ;  at 
^o  ipso  Thefauro  amisso^ 
lolllcitabit  Me  primani 
.omnium  Votis  CJ" 

Clamoribus. 


THE     Countryman,         'O^hen 
He         ploughed,  /ow^ 

Treafure  in  the  Furrows,  Fc>r- 
tune  {te\\)^^  that  Nothing  of  Honour 
•TV  as  had  to  Her,  thus  fpake 
with  Herself:  Treafure  hein^found^ 
the  Fool  is  not  gratrrfuj  ;  hui 
that  self -same  Treafure  being  lost 
He  will  folicit  Me  firft 
of  all  with  Vows  and 
Clamours, 


MoR. 
Beneficio  accepto^  fimus 
grati  Merenti  b:ne  de 
Nobis  ;  Etenim  ingratitudo 
eft  digna  privari  etiani 
Beneficio,  ^iod  modo 
.acceperit. 


MOR. 

A  Benefit  being  received,  let  us  be 
grateful  to  Him  deferving  zvell  of 
Us ;  For  Ingratitude 

is  worthy  to  be  deprived  e'uem 
of  the  Benefit,  Which  lately 
it  may  have  received^. 


FABLE  LXXL 


De  Pavone  {y  Grue. 

PAVO  ?y  Grus 

ceenant  una  :  Pavo 
jaiftat  iS'e,  oftentat  Caudam  : 
Grus  faietur  Pavonem 
esse  forn  ofiflimis  Pennis ; 
tamen  Se  penetrare  Nubes 
animofo  Volatu,  dum  Pa- 
va  vix  supervolat  Te<5l?, 


Of  the  Peacock  and  the  Crane, 

THE  Peacock  and  the  Crane 
sup  together  ;  The  Peaceck 
boafts  Himself  fliows  his  Tail; 
The  Crane  confesses  the  Peacock 
to  be  of  moft  beautiful  Feathers  ; 
yet  that  He  pierced  the  Clouds 
with  a  bold  Slight y  whilft  the  Pea- 
cock fcarce  fies  over  the  Houfes. 


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MOR. 

Nemo     contempsen't  Al- 

terum  :        est     cuique  sua 

Dos. ;          est       cuique  sua 

Virtus  :       ^li     caret  hrd 

•Yntuti:,forstin  habeat  Earn, 

'<Jua  7  w  c  area 3. 


MoR. 
'Scfimn  should  have  despised  Ano- 
ther :  there  is  to  every  one  his  onvn 
Portion ;  tJtere  is  to  every  one  hisorvn 
Virtue  :  lie  who  wanteth  thj 
Virtue,  perhaps  may  have  That 
Which  thou  mayft  want. 


FABLE  LXXri. 


Ar  UNDINE,  . 


QUercus     effracta      va- 
lidiore  Noto^ 

praecipitritur  in  F.lumen,  ^, 
dum  Jluitat^  forte  h<zr8t 
fuis  Ram  is  in  Ar undine  ; 
miratur,  Arundinem  ftare 
incolumem  in  tanto  Turbine.. 
Hcec  refpondet,  Se  efle 
tutam  fua  Fhxibilitate ; 
Se  cedere  Noto, 

Borea ;  omni        Flatui ; 

nee      esse      Mirum,       quod 
exciderit,      Qux. 


Que  re  us 

concupivit 
resist  ere. 


non    cedere i^  fed 


MOR. 

Ne  resistas  Potentiori 
sed  vincas  ffunc,  cedcndo, 
15*  fej-endo. 


0/the  Oak  aj:d 
the  R;e.ed. 

THE  Oak   being  broken  by  the 
ftronger  South  JVind, 

is  thrown  into  the  Ptiver,  and 
whilft  She  Jows,  by  Chance  sticks 
by  her  Boughs  upon  a  Reed  ^ 
flie  wonders,  t^af  a  i?^£"c?  flood 
safe  in  jo  great  a  Whirlwind, 
•SAtf  anfwers,  ^/it^t  5/ie  Avas 
safe  by         her  Flexibility ; 

that  She  yielded  to  Notus, 
to  Boreas ;  to  every  -S/a^f ; 
nor  wflj  it  a  Wonder,  fAat 
the  Oak  should  fall.  Who 
desired  not  to  yield)  but 
.to  resist, 

MoR. 
Do  not  re5/5t  One  more  powerf&lj 
(5uf    overcome,   /f/w    by   yielding^ 
and  bearing. 


SELECT  FABLES  GF  .ESOP. 


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FABLE     LXXin. 


Dc  Leoke  IS' 
Vekatore. 


LEO  liligat  cum 

Vcnatore  i '^xx.^ext  suam 
Fortitudinem  Fortitudin: 
Hominis.  Post  longa  Jur- 
^ia  Venator  ducit  Leonem 
ad  Maufoleum,  in  Quo  Leo 
crat  sculptus      deponens 

Caput  in  Grcmium  Viri. 
Fera  negat  Id  effe  satis 
Incllcii  ;  nam  ait,  Homines 
fculpeic  ^od     vellent  ; 

qi'.od  fi  Leone  s  to  rent  Arti- 
JiceSj  Virum      Jam      i;i 

sculptiim  fi;b  Fcdibus 
Leonis. 


0/the  Lion  and 
the  HvxTER. 

TI-IE     Lion      contotds      with 
the   Hur.tcr  ;   He  prefers  his 
Strength        to         the  Strength 

of     ]Man,  After     long      Z);.;- 

/)l^/f  J  the  Hunter  leads  the  Lion 
fo  a  tcnib,  <7-7  Which  a  Lion 
vas  carved         laying        clown 

his  Head  on  the  Lap  of  «  Man. 
77ie  Beast  denies  that  to  be  enough 
Proof ;  ybr  he  fays,  Mt7f  Mcti 
carved  Wlict  they  would  : 
but  if  i /c;«5  were  Arti- 
fi-ccrs^  that  the  Man  now  wouU  be 
carved         under  the  Feet 

of  ilic  Lioii. 


MoR. 

Qulff}ue,  qvoad  poteft, 
£?*  dicit,  i:f  facit  /cf,  Quod 
puiat  prodeffe  sux 

Caufsc  ^  Parti. 


MoR. 
Every  One,  as  much  as  he  is  abb,. 
hcih  f.:ys,    and  does  ThcUj  Which. 
he    thinks  to    be   prcfitabl*    ij    /-^ 
i^aufe  c/?i^  Party. 


FABLE     LXXIV. 


De  Plero  ^  FuRE. 


Of  the  Boy  ant/  the  Thief. 


PL'er  sedehat  flens  apud 
Puteum  ;  Fur  rogat 
Causam  flendi  ;  Puer  dicit, 
Fune  rupto,  Urnam 

Auri     incidijse     in 


Homo  ex«/f  Se,  insilit 
in  Puteum^  quserit.  Ta^e 
non      invcntoj       confcendit, 


A  Boy  sat  -weeping  at 
a  Well;  A  Thief  afks 
theCauseoiWis  weepiug;  thcBoy^Aysy 
th€  Rope  being  brake,  that  an  Urn 
of  Gold  had  fallen  into  tlie  JVaters,» 
The  Man  u/iJre5Jf5' HimPelf,  leaps, 
into  the  Well^  feeks  for  it.  'Fht  Ve^>el 
not   being  found,    He     comes    up, 


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SELECT  FABLES  Of^  JLSOP. 


atq;  ibi  nee  invenit  Pue- 
rum,  nee  suam  Tunicam  : 
^ippe  PuQrf-,  Tunica  fub- 
\2ii:x,fiigerat, 

MoR. 
Interduni  falluntur^ 

Qui  Solent  fallere. 


and  there  neither  does  He  find  ^Ae 
i5<y,  nor  his  oivn  Coat  : 
/or  the  Boy,  the  Coat  being  taken 
away,  had  Jed, 

MoR. 
Sometimes     thejy    are    dectivedy 
Who  arf  ivont  to  deceive» 


FABLE     LXXV. 


Be  Rust  ICO  45* 

JUVKXCO. 

RUSTICUS  hahebat 

Juvcncum       impatien- 
iirm  omnh  Vincvli  £c  Jugi  : 
Homo 
Cornua 
petebat 

jiUlgit 

Arctrc, 

H^rum 

foiebat. 

gaudens, 

I  nd  I  Ibi  a,     ut 

tutus  cJ?"   aCorniluSf    &    a6 

IJji^uiis.  Sed  Quid  evenit  ? 

1':  iirua       subinde      refiflens 

s  barge n  do     A  re  n  a  m     apple  t 

Oi     ■    ^      "Caput       Rusti- 

(i  TIL 

MoR. 
NonnulU     sunt     fic      in- 
traciabilcs^       ut       nequeant 
traftaii     ulla      Arte,      aut 
Confilio. 


asttctuhis      refecat 

Beftls  ;  nam 

Corn ib us  ;        turn 

non      Currui,       fed 

ns       '    pulfaret 

Calcibus,  ut 

Ipse  tenet  Stivarny 

effecisse 

j  am      foret 


O/the  Countryman  fl;:cr 
the  Steer. 

A  COUNTRYMAN  had 

a  Steer  ;m/>a- 

tient  of  every  Chain  and  2o^e  .* 
The  Man  a  little  cunning  cuts 
off  «Ae  Horns  of  the  Beajft  ;  for 
he  ftrnck  w/?/^  ///i"  Horns;  then:' 
He  joins  him  not  io  ?/ie  Carf,  but 
totheFloughjth'dt  he  Ihouldnotflrike 
/k'^  Master  with  his  Heels,  C5 
He  was  wont.  He  holds  ?At^  Plough^ 
rejoicing  that  He  had  effected 
by  Induftry,  that  now  A<r  should  be 
fafe  ^o/A  from  Horns^  and  yVow 
Hoofs.  ^Mf    What  happened? 

The-  Bullock  frequently  refifling 
by  scattering  the  Saud  flls 
the  Mouth  cni/  Head  of  the  Coun- 
tryman with  it. 

MoR. 
Some  are  fo  in-- 

tractable^  that  TArj/  cannot 
be  managed  i^-  jn;'  Art,  or 
Counfcl. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .CSOP. 


FABLE  LXXVL 


Da  Satyro  ^:;'  Via- 

TORE. 

SAtyrus,  ^xii  ollm  erat 
habitus  Deus  Nemo- 
rum,  miseraius.  Viatorem 
obrutum  Nive,  aiq;  enec- 
tum  Algorc^  duclt  in 
fuum        Antrum;  fovet 

Igne,  At,     dum     fpirat 

in     Manus,  percent  a  tur 

Caufam  ;    .^ui     rt-lpondens 


'.nquti, 


calefant»  Po- 
ftea,  cum  accumberent, 
Viator  fufflat  in  Pulteui, 
^lod  interrogatus  cur  fa- 
.c-iret,  inquity  vlI  frigcscat. 
Turn  continita  batyrus 
ejiciens     Viatoiem      inquit, 


Nolo, 


ut 


Ilk 


meo    Antro,     Cui     fit 
ciiverfum  Os, 


tarn 


MOR. 

Evita  (^/7/w^i/tfmHomiiiem, 
^ui  eft  Proteus  iu  Scrmont» 


C/tlie  Satyr  o/it/ the  Tra- 

VLLLER. 

A  Satyr,  Who  formerly  "ivcs 
accounted  a  God  of  the 
Woods,  having  pitied  z.  Travellev 
ccvcrtd  with  Snow,  and  almoit 
dead  nvith  Coidj  leads  Him  into 
his        Cave ;  cherilhes         Him 

ivithaFire,  But,  whilst  He  breathes 
into  his  Hands,  He  enquires 
the  Caufe  ;  JVho  anfwcrinnr 
sajs,  that  they  may  be  ivarm.  Af- 
terwards, ivhcn  they  lay  down, 
f/jcT;-^^^//^;- blows  .'/2^0  hisPorridge, 
Which  being  afktd  nvhy  He 
did,  /if  saidy  that  /f  may  grou^  coo!^ 
Then  immediately  the  Satyr 
casting  out  the  Traveller  ^^.y, 
1  am  not  willing,  f/w^  He  bj  ii 
w/j       Cave,  /r/;a    ,     has       io 

different  a  Mouth, 

MoR. 
Avoid    a    double-tongued    Man, 
Who  is  a  Proteus  in  Discourse. 


FABLE  LXXVIL 

Z)e  Tauro  b"  MuRE^  (y  the. Bull  and  the  Mouse. 


1M 


"US  momorderat 

Pe  de  m  7  6.'  ?;;  r  / ,  f  ii  - 
giens  in  fuum  Antrum, 
/Taurus  vibrat  Cornua, 
qtjarit,  Hoftem,   videt  nuf- 


THE 
the 


Moufe.        had        6ii 
Foot    of  the    Bull,  Sy. 
1^8'  'fifo  his  Hole, 

The    Bi.ll,  brandishes    his    Horns, 
3-ef/c>s    his.  ^leniy,    sees    him    na 


^uani.     Mies   ivndtt  Eum;     's'^htrc.  The  Mouse  hu^hs  ?it  Him  ; 


E  a 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP, 


inquit,     quia     es     robustusy  fays  He,    because   thou  art   robust, 

ac    vastus^    idcirco  non   con-  and  big,  therefore  you   should  net 

tempseris    Quenivis  ;      nunc  have     despised     any     One  ;     now 

eximius    Mus   laefit    Tc,    &  a  little  Mouse  has  hurt  Thee,  and 

quidem  gratis,  indeed  gratis. 

MOR.  MOR. 

Nemo     pciidat      Hoilem  Let    no  man  rate    his    Enemy 

Flocci,  at  a  Lock  of  WooL 


FABLE   LXXVIIL 


De  RusTico  b* 
Hercule, 

CURRUS  Rustic 

ci  hjcret    in    profundo 
Luto,  Mox  supiniis 

implorat  Deum  Herculcm  ; 
Vox  intonat  e  Coelo, 
Inepte,  flagella  tiios  Equos, 
ts*  Iple  annitere  Rotis, 
'<itq  ;  turn  Hercules  vocatus 
adcrit. 

MoR. 
Otiofa  Vota  profunt  Nil  ; 
Qux    sane  Dens  non   audit. 
Ipse     juva      Teipsuniy    turn 
i}ifr,'5  juvabit  Tc, 


0/the  Countryman  cnaf 
Hercules. 

THE  Waggon  of  a  Country- 
man  flicks  in  a  deep 
Clay*  By  and  by  laying  along 
He  implores  t/j«  Gfjrf  Hercuks  ; 
a  Voice  thunders  out  of  Heaven  ; 
Fool,         whip  thy  Horfesy 

and  Thyfelf  try  at  the  Wheels, 
and  then  Hercules  being  called 
will  be  prefent, 

MoR. 
Idle     Vows      profit      Nothing  ;^ 
Which  indeed  God  does  not  hear* 
Thyself      help       Thyself       then 
God  will  help  Thee.. 


FABLE  LXXIX. 

De  Cicada  c?*  Form/ica.  0/the  Grafliopper  and  the  Pifmife, 


c 


iUM       Cicada      cantet 
psr  yEilatem,   Formica 
cxercc:   suam   Meltem 


WHEN  the  Grashopper  fmgs 
in   the   Summer,   fAe  >4Mt 
tra-     exercifes     her      liarveft,     dratV' 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP- 


55 


heyis  Grana  m  Antrum, 
^ucc  reponit  in  Hyemeni. 
JBrumd  faeviente,  famelica 
Cicada  venit  ad  Formicam^ 
b.mendicatV\Ctwm,  Formica 
renuit,  dictitansy  Sefe  labora- 
visscy  dum  Ilia  cantabat. 


ing  the  Grains  into  a  Hole, 
Which  Slie  lays  u^  against  Winter. 
The  Winter  raging,  the  famished 
Grafliopper  comes^  to  the  Anty 
and  begs  Vidlua's.  The  Ant 
rcfufes,  sayings  that  ^he  had  labour» 
ed-i  whim  She  sang*  i 


MOR.  MOR* 

Qui  est  fegnis  in  Juventa,  Who     is     flothful     in   Youth, 

$g€bit    in    Scnectd ;    iS"  Qui  shall    want    in    Age  ;    and   Who 

non  j)arcity  mox  mcndicabit,  doth  not  spare^  by  and  by  shall  beg. 


FABLE    LXXX, 


JDe  Cane  ^  Leone. 

CANIS  jocans  occurrit 
Leoni,  quid  Tu  ex- 
hauftus  Inedid  percurris 
Sjhas  Sc  Devia?  fpcAa 
Me  pinguem,  is^  nitidum, 
atque  confcquor  -fl^ec,  non 
Lahore^  fed  Otig,  Turn 
Leo  inquit,  Tu  quidem 
habes  tuas  £pulas,  fed 
Stolide,h2.hts  fr/aw  Viiicula; 
Efto  Tu  Servus,  ^ui  potes 
servire ;  Ego  quidem,  fum 
/i^er,  nee  t>o/o  fervire. 

MoR. 
Leo     respondit    pulchrd : 
Etenim  Libertas    est  potior 
omnibus  Rebus» 


0/thc  Dog  and  the  Lion. 

A   DOG  joking  meets 

a  Lion^  why  dost  Thm  ex- 
hauftcd  with  Want  run  \  thro* 
Me  Woods  and  Bj-placesr  fee 
^/e  fat  <jn</  fleck, 

cnc/  I  obtain  t/w/r  Things^  not 
<^  Labour,  but  (^  Idleness,  Then 
f/ie  L/on  fays,  T/jou  indeed 
Aa^f         thy  Dainties,        but 

/oo/.  Thou  haft  also  Chains  ; 
Be  Thou  a  Slave,  Who  art  able 
to       serve ;  I        indeed,      am 

yrf(f,  nor  i?j»  /  'willing  to  ferve. 

MOR. 

The  Lion  t^n^wcrct/ beautifully  : 
For         Liberty  is  better 

than  rJ/ Things. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOr. 


FABLE     LXXXL 


De  Plscibus. 

FLuvialis  Piscis  eft  car- 
reptiis  jer  Vim  FIu- 
minia  in  Ma:e,  ubi  elTerens 
suam  Kobiliiatem,  pendebat 
omne  marinim  Genus  vili, 
Rioca  lion  tulit  Hoc,  sed 
ait,  Tii/ic  fare  Indicium 
JVobilitaiisj  fi  captiis  porte- 
tur  ad  Forum  cum  Phoca  ; 
Se  iri  imp  turn  a  Nob  il  ions  y 
autem  Jillum  a  PUbe, 


hui 


I  MOR. 

Mu/ti     sunt      fic 
Libidjiic    Gloria^     ut 
jaacat     Se,         Sed 
iui    I     Oris       non 


capti 

Ipsi 

Laus 

datur 


Homini  Laudi,  at  excipi- 
tur  ciim  Rifu  Ju.dito- 
mm* 


Of  the  Fishes. 

A   River  Fish       is       borna 

doivn  by  the  Force  of  the  Ri- 
ver into  the  Sea,  where  extolling 
his         Nobility,  He       valued 

all  the  Sea  Race  at  a  low  Rate. 
The  Seal  bore  not  Thisy  bui 
faid,  Then  would  be  a  .  Proof 
o/  Nobility,  if  fcAe»  He  (hould  be 
carried  to  Market  with  a  Seal  ; 
that_  lie  fho.uld  be  bought  by  Nobksy 
but  He  by  ?/f<?  common  People. 

MoR. 
Many  «re  fo  .       taken 

^ith  the  Lufl  of  Glory ^  that  T/zy; 
boaft  Themselves.  But  f//e  praise 
of  his  own  3'ioiith  is  not  given 
?o  ^  il/brt  for  a  Praife,  ^w^  is  receiv- 
ed with  the  Laughter  o/'  t/jf  Hearr 


FABLE  LXXXIU 


De  Pardo  ^  Vulpecula. 

PArdus,  Cui  efl 

pictum  Tergum,  cateris 
Feris,  ff/am  X.eonibus  c^e- 
Spectis  ab  £o,  intumeicebat. 
Vidpecula  accedit  ad  Huuq,, 
fuadet  non        fuperbire. 

"•ens  quideni,  ////  '^ffe 
ecoisam  Pellem,  ver)i  Sibi 
;s€  fpeciofam  Jfe/Jit??^ 


Of  the  Leopard  jw/  the  Fox. 

THE  Leopard,  Who  has 
a  painted  Back,  the  other 
Beafts,:  even  the  Lions  being  de- 
spised ^\)y  Him  was  puffed  ua. 
fh^  Fox  comes  to  .  Him, 
perluades  Him  not  to  be  proud, 
saying  indeed,  that  He  had 
a  fine  Skin,  but  U^ 
/iflflf  <z  fine  7»/nc/, 


SEEECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOP. 


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MOR. 

Efl    Discrimen    &c    Or  do 
Bonorum  :  Bona 

Corporis  prastant  Bonis 
Fortune  ;  fed  Bona  Animi 
sunt  pisefcFenda  Bis. 


MoR. 
There  is  a  Difference  and  Order 
of  good  Things  :  Thi  Goods 
of  the  Body  excel  the  Goods  of 
Fortune;  but  the  Goods  of  the  Mind 
are  to  be  preferred  to  These, 


FABLE  LXXXIIL 


De  VuLPK  {5*  Fele. 

CUM  Vu/pes  in  Colio- 
giiio'f  Quod  ////'  erat 
cum  Fele,  Jactaret,  Sibi 
esse  varias  Technas^  adeo 
ut  haberct  vel  Pcram 
refertam  Dolis  :  Autem 
Felis  respondit^  Sibi  esse 
duntaxat  unicam  Artem,  Cui 
fide  ret,  si  effet 

^•u/ii  Difcriminis.  Inter  zou- 
fabulandum  repenti 

Tumultus  Canum  accurren- 
tium  auditur :  Ibi  Felis 
fubfilit  in         akiflimam 

Arborem  ;  interim  Vulpes 
cinda  Canibus  capitur. 


W 

•with 
had 
that 
full 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  Cat. 
HEN    the    Fcx   in    a    Dis- 
course,    Which     He     had 
the    C2iX,   boasledy  that    He 
various  Shifts,  fa 

He     had     even     a    Budget 
of         Tricks :  But 

the  Cat  ansiuered.  That  She  had 
only  one       Art,         to     which 

She  trufled,  if  there  was 
any  thing  of  Danger.  In  the  Dif- 
courfe  suddenly 

the  Noife  of  the  Dogs  run- 
ning is  heard:  Then  the  Cat 
leaps  into         a       very       high 

7Ve^  ;  in  the  mean  time  the  Fox 
furrounded  bj  the  Dogs  is  taken. 


MoR. 
Fabwla    intiuit. 


MoR. 
The  Fable  intimates,  that    fome 


quam      unicum       Confilium,  times  one  Defign, 

modo   fit    verum,    £c  ejfcax,  so   that    it    be   true,   and  effectual, 

c{^t  priestabilius  ([ukm  plures  is  better  than  wiorc 

Dolos,  is*  frivola  Consilia»  Tricks,  and  frivolQUs  Designs» 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP. 


FABLE  LXXXIV. 


Be  Rege  l?'^iMiis. 


0/the  KixG  and  the  Apes. 


QUidam  uEgvptius  Rex 
instituit  aliquot  SimiaSy 
ut  perdiscerent  Adlionem 
saltandi.  Nam,  z/f  nullum 
Animal  accedit  propius  ad 
Figuram  Hominis,  ;7a  nee 
alhid  imitatur  Jiumanos 
Aclus  aut  melius  out  li- 
bentiiis.  It  ague  protinifs. 
edocta  Artem  saltandiy 
ccepertint  faitare,  indiita- 
purpureis  Vestimentis^  ac 
personate  ;  &  Spe<:t aculuv^ 
jam  placebat  longo  Tempore 
in  miruin  Modum  ;  donee 
Quifpiam  €  Spedlatoribus 
facetus  abjecit  Nuce^m  Me- 
dium,  Quas  habebat 

clanculum  in  Loculis.  Ibi 
flatim  Simits-i  fimul  atque 
vidissent  Nuccs,  ablitfi 
Chorex,  C£tperunt  «ffe  Id, 
Quod  fuerant  antea,  ac 
repene  e  Saltatricibus  re- 
die  runt  in  Simias ;  &. 
Personis  £c  Vestibus  dilace- 
ratis,  pugnabant  inter  Se 
pro  Nucibus,  non  sine 
maximo  Risu  Spe(5lato- 
rum. 


A   Certain       Egyptian       King 
appointed         fome  Apes 

that  ^A:r)f  should  learn  the  Adlion 
o/"    dancing.         For,       cj  no 

Animal  cometh  nearer  to 
//j<?  Figure  of  a  Man,  jo  neither 
anjf  other  imitates  human 
Aftions  either  better,  or  more - 
willingly,  Tlierefore  prefently 
,being  taught  the  Art  of  Dancing, 
They  began  to  dance,  chthed 
in  purple       Vestments,         arid 

'flashed ;         and  the        Sight 

now  pleased  for  a  long  Time 
after  fz  loonderful  Manner ;  till 
One         of         th^  Speftators 

facetious  threw  iV{«/5  into  f/i^  J//c/- 
t^/e,  Which-.'       he  had 

privately  in  his  'i'ockets.  Then 
prefently  the  Aff^s,  as  foon  as 
They  saw  the  Nuts^  having  J orgat 
the  Dance,  began  to  be  Fhaty 
Which  Th§y  had  been  before,  and 
fuddenly  from  Dancers  re^ 
turned  into  Apes  ;  ,  and 
their  Masks  and  Clothes  being 
torn,  they  foitght among  Themsehes 
for  the  -nuts,  not  -nvithoict 
the  greateftZi.aV;Sr^J«^rof  theSpecta- 
tors. 


MoR. 
Hxc     Fabula 
Ornamenta 
non       mutare 
Bo  minis. 


admonet, 

Fortunas 

Ingenium 


MoR. 
This  Fable         ^tlmonifheth, 

that  the  Ornaments  of  Fortune 
do  not  change  the  Difpofition. 
of  a  man» 


-s:elect  fables  of  iESor. 


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FABLE    LXXXV. 


De  A  SI-NO  ^  ViATO- 

RI3US. 

DUO       ^uidam^       cum 
forte  invfnirent 

Asinum  in  Sjlva,  coeperunt 
contendere  inter  Se, 

Uter  Eorum  abdiiceret 
£uj?zDomum,?/^/fuum ;  nam 
videbatur  parittr  objeftus 
Utriq;  a  Fortuna.  In- 
terim, ////\?  alterca-ntibus 
invicem-f  Afinus  alxluxit 
Se,  Off  Neuter  potitus  est 
Eo, 

MOR. 

Qwidam    excidunt  a  /;r<e- 


s&ntibus   Cominodis, 


nefciunt 
inscitiam* 


uti 


^uibus 


Of  the  Ass   t7W  tke  Thavbl- 

LTERS. 

TWO  certain  Men,  when 
by  chance  they  found 
an  Ass  in  a  ^rooJ,  began 
to  contend  between  Themselves, 
Whether  of  thcTn  fhould  lead 
Bim  Home,  as  his  own  ;  for 
he  feemed  equally  offered 
to  Either  by  Fortune,  In  the  mean 
time,  T/i(fj  wrangling 

by  Turns,  the  Afs  withdrew 
Himfelf  and  Neither  obtained 
Him. 


MoR. 
Some         fall         from 
sent  Advantages, 

they  know  not  how  to    use  thro 
I^orance. 


pre- 
Which 


FA'SLE  LXXXVl. 

De  CoRvo  ^  Lupis.  Of  the  Crow    and  the  Wolves. 


CORVUS  comitatitr 

Lupos  per  ardua 
Juga  Montium  ;  postu- 
lat  Partem  Prttdie  S> 
bi,  quia  fecutus  effet,  i^ 
non  deflituiffet  Eos  ullo 
Tempore,  Deinde  est  re- 
pulfus  a  Lupis,  quia 
non  minus  voraret  Exta 
Luporum,  fi  occiderentur, 
quam  £xfa  cjeterorum 
Animalium, 


THE  Crow  accompanies 
the  Wolves  ?/tro*  the  high 
To/)j  of  the  Mountains  ;  He  de- 
mands  a  Part  of  the  Prey  for  Him- 
felf, because  he  had  followed,  and 
had  not  forfook  Them  at  any 
Time,  Then       Ae       /\r       re- 

pulfed  by  the  Wolves,  because 
no  lefs  would  he  devour  the  Entrails 
o/  ^Ae  Wolves  iithey  should  be  slain, 
than  f/ie  Entrails  of  other 
Animals» 


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MOR. 

^uid     agamus 


Non  :^uia  agamus  est 
feniper  iiispiciendum ;  fed 
quo  Animo  simus,  cum 
a^amits. 


MOR. 

Not  What  We  may  do  /* 
always  to  be  looked  into  ;  but 
of  What  Mind  We  be,  when 
We  do  it. 


TABLE  LXXXVIL 


De  Mure  nato  in 
Cifta. 


0/the  Mouse  born  /;:  the 
Cheft. 


MUS  natus  in  Cistd 
duxerat  fere  oranem 
Vitam  ibi,  pastus  Nucibus, 
^i<e  folebant  servari  in 
Ed.  Auteni,  dum  ludens 
circa  Oras  Cist<e 

decidiffet,  Isf  quxreret 
Ascensumy  reperit  Epulas 
laatiflime  paratus,  Qu^as 
ciim  coeplfTet        gust  are, 

inquit,  ^uam  Stolidus  fui 
haftenus,  ^ui  credebam 
esse         Nihil  in       toto 

Orbe  melius  mea  Cistula  ? 
Ecce  !  qudm  vefcor  suavi- 
oribus  Cibis  hie  ! 

MoR. 
Hasc  Fahula  indicat,  Pa- 
ir iam  non  diligcndam  ita, 
ut  non  adeamus  ea  Loca, 
ubi  possimus  effe  beatio- 
res. 


AMoufe     born  in     a     Chest 
had  led         xilmost       all 

^/5  Life  there,  //fj  with  Nuts, 
Which  were  wont  fo  ^e  kept  in 
/f.  But,  ivhilst         playing 

about  the  Edges  0/  the  Chest 
He  fell  down,  and  tried  at 
getting  upy  He  found  Dainties 
moft  fumptuoufly/jrej&arec/,  Which 
?y/z^;i  He  had  began  to  taste, 
He  faid  ^ow  foolifh  have  I  been 
hitherto,  Who  believed 

there  ivas  nothing  in  the  whole 
World  better  than  my  Chest? 
Behold  I  how  I  am  fed  ivith  stvest' 
er  Meats  here  / 

MoR. 
This  Fable  fliows,  that  a  Coun- 
try is  not  to  be  beloved  fb, 
that  We  may  not  go  to  thofe  Places, 
where  We  we  may  be  able  to  be  mor£ 
happy. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


frl 


FABLE  LXXXVIIL 


De    BusTico     iinpetrante,     Of  the    Country^ian    ohiainin^^ 
ut      Triticum    nafceretur  that        Wheat       (hould       grow 


absque  Ariftis. 

OUidarn  Rusticus  im- 
petraverat  a  Cerere, 
ut  Triticum  nasceretur  abfq; 
Aristisy  ne  I  cede  ret 

Manus  Metentium        Sc 

Triturantium ;  Qv^od,  cum 
inarult,  est  depastum  a 
minutis  Avibus  :  Turn  Ru- 
fticus  inquit,  (^am  dig-ne 
patior  !  ^ui  Caufa 

parva  commoditatls  perdidi 
etiam  maxima  Emolumen- 
ta. 

Moil. 
Fabula      indicate      parra 
Incommoda  penianda 

major i  Utilitate. 


without  Beards. 

A  Certain  Countryman  had  ob- 
tained from  Geres, 
that  Wheat  should  grow  without 
Beards,  that  it  might  not  hurt 
the  Hands  of  the  Reapers  and 
Threshers  ;  Which,  when 

it  grew  ripe,  was  eat  up  by 
the  small  Birds  :  Then  the  Coun- 
tryman said^  How  worthily 
I  fuffer!  Who  for  the  Sake 
of  a  small  Commodity  have  lost 
even  the  greatest  Advanta- 
ges. 

Mon. 
The    Fable    shows y    that    fmall 
Disadvantages    are  to  be  v/eighed 
with  a  greater  Profit. 


FABLE     LXXXIX. 


De   AcciPiTRE    insequente 

COLUMBABI. 

CUM  Accipiteir  infe- 
queretur  Columbam 
pvascipiti  Volatu,  _  ingref- 
lus  quondam  Villam  est 
captus  a  Ruflico,  ^tem 
obiecrabat        Slandc,  ut 

dimitteret  Se  ;  nam^ 

dixit,  non  Usi  Te. 
Cut  Rullicus  respon- 
dit,  nee  H<sc  Iseferat  TV. 


Of  the  Hawk  pursuing 
the  Pigeon. 

WHEN      the      Hawk     pur- 
fued  the  Pigeon 

with  a  fpeedy  Flight,  having  en- 
tered a  certain  Vllla^  He  was 
taken  djf  a  Ccuntryman,  J7hom 
He       befought      fairly,  that 

He  would  dismiss  Him  ;  for, 
faid  He,  /  have  not  hurt  Thee. 
To  Whom  the  Conn tr)- man  an- 
swered nor  had  She  hurt  'jyiee^ 


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MOR.  MOR. 

Fabula        indicate        Eos  The    Fable     shows^    that    they 

puiiiri   merito,    ^i   conan-  are  punished   dcfervedly,  Whj    en- 

tur  lizdere  innocentes.  deavour  to  hurt  the  Innocent. 


FABLE    XG. 


De  RusTico  tr&nsi' 
two  Amnem. 

RURicns  transiturus 

Torrentem,  ^ii  forte 
excreverat  Imbribiis, 

•quKrebat;      Vadum,    Sc    cum 
tentavifTet       earn       Partem 


Qus;      vidcbatur 


Flu  mill 

quietior,  Isf  phcidior, 
repcrit  Earn  dhiorem^  quam 
fuerat  cpinatus  ;  rursus 
adinvenit  breviorem^  & 
tutiorem  Partem  ;  ibi  FIu- 
vius  decurrebat  majori 
Strepitu  Aquarum  :  Turn 
inquit         Setum  Quam 

tutius  poffumus  credere 
nor.ram  Vitam  in  clamosis 
Aquis,  qua7n  in»  quietis  k 
silentibus. 


Ofth^   CotJNTRY^IAN    about  to 
pass  over  a  River. 

A  Countryman  ^^!9z/f  topassover 
a  Torrent,  Which  by  Chance 
had  increafed  by  the  Shotvers^ 
Ibught  a  .SAfl/Zt/cy,  ^  and  ivften 
He  had  tried  that  Part 
of  the  River,  Whioh  seemed' 
more       quiet,  and       fmooth, 

he.  found  It  deeper,  than 
He  had         thought ;  again 

He  came  to  a  shalloiver,  and 
safer  Part  ;  there  the  Ri- 
ver ran  doivn  with  a  greater 
Noise  of      Waters  :  Then 

He  faid  ivith  Himself  Hoyf 
more  safely  are  we  able  to  trust 
Our  Life  in  the  clamorous 
Waters,  than  in  the  quiet  and 
silent. 


MoR, 

Admonemur  hdc 

Fabula,  ut  extimefcamus 
Homines  verbofos,  is"  mi- 
jiaces,  minus  quam  qui:tos. 


MoR. 
We    are     adraonifhed    by    this 
Fable,     that      We      fhould    fear 
Men         verbofe,       and       thrcat- 
ning,  less  than  the  quiit. 


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FABLE  XCL- 


De  CoLUMBA  ^  Pica.         Of  the  Pigeon  and  the  Magpie. 


COlumba  interrogata  a 
Picd^  Quid  inducer et 
Earn,  ut  nidificaret  semper 
111  eodcpi  Loco,  cum  ejus 
Pulli  femper  surriperentur 
iiide,  respondit^.  Simplici- 
tas. 


THE  Pigeon  being  asked  Ky 
the  Picy  Wh;it  could  induce 
Her,  that  She  built  ahvays- 
in  the  same  Place,  ivhen  Her 
Toung  always  ivcre  taken 
from  thence,  ansivtred  Simpli- 
city, 


MOR. 

Hjec  Tabula  indie  at,  bonoi 
Viros  st-ipe  die c'lin  facile. 


MoR. 
This    Fable     lliovvs,     that    gocd- 
Men  often  are  deceived  easilj» 


FABLE     XCn. 


De  ASINO   iP"  VlTULO, 


Of  the  Ass  and  the  Calf, 


A  Sinus  5J7*  Vitulus,  r«;rt 
pafcercntur  /n  eodcm 
P-rato,  pizcfentiebant  ho- 
stilem  Exercitum  adventare 
Sonitu  Campanx»  Turn 
Vitulus  inquit,  0  Sodalis, 
fugiamus  hinc,  ne  Hoftes 
abducant  Nos  Captivos  ; 
Cui  Asinus  reipondit, 
Fuge  Tu,  ^ucm  Holies 
consueverunt  occidere,  13" 
effe  ;  Nihil  interest  Afini, 
Cui  ubique  eadeni 

Conditio     ferendi      Oneris 
W^  propofita. 


THE  Afs  fl;i:/the  Calf,  ".vhen 
they  were  fed  in  the  fame 
Pasture  perceived  an  Ene- 
my s  Army  to  approach 
by  the  found  of  a  Bell,  Then 
the  Calf  faid.  O  Companion, 
let  us  fly  hence,  lest  the  Enemies 
lead  away  Us  Captives  ; 
To  whom  the  Ass  anfwered, 
Fly  Thou,  Whom  the  Enemies 
Iwce  bien  used  to  flay,  and 
to  eat ,  It  is  ne  Interest  of  the  Afs, 
to  Whom  every  where  the  same 
Condiiion  of  bearing  a  Burden 
isi  offered. 


MoR. 

MoR. 

Ha:c 

Fabula     admonet 

This                Fable 

Servosy 

lie        formident 

Servants,  that   they 

warns 


they  may  not  lear 


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viagnopere  mvitare  Dominos^  greatly  to  change  their  Lords, 
mod6  futiiri  noii  fint  provided  that  the  future  be  not 
dettrlores  prioribus.  nvorse  than  the  former. 


FABLE  XCIIL 


Dc    VuLPE    Sj"  Multeri- 
Dus  sdentibus  GalUnas, 

VUlpes    trans  tens  juxta 
quandam  Villam, 

conspe-.Kit  catervav.i  Mulie- 
rum  comedentem  alto  Silen- 
tio  plurimas  GalUnas  opipare 
alTatas  :    Ad  Quas  conversa 


inquit, 


^ui     Clainores     ij 


Latratus  Cajium  effent 
contra  Me,  si  Y.^o  facer  em, 
(^od  Vos  facitis  ?  Qui 
nwjsdam  'Anus  refpondens 
inqv.it,  Nos  comedimus  Qiia; 
sunt  Noftra,  ver©  Twfuraris 
aliena. 

MOR . 

Quod  est  meum  non  atti- 
net  ad  le.  Ne  furare  ; 
cito  contentus  tuls  Rebus, 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  Women 
eating  the  Hens. 


near 

Village, 

Women 

Silence 

daintily 


A      FOX  passing 

aTa.  a  certain 

saw        a       Heap       of 
eating  in  deep 

very  many        Hens 

rGafled  :  To  Whom  being  turned 
He  laid,  What  Clamours  and 
Barkings  of  Dogs  would  be 
agftinst  Me,  if       I        did 

"What  Ton  do  ?  To  whom 
a  certaia  old  V/oman  anfwering 
said,  We  eat  What 

are  Ours,  but  Thou  stealest 
other  Men's  Things. 

MOR. 

What  is  mine  does  not  be- 
long  to  Thee,  Do  not  steal  ; 
be  content  with  thine  own  Things,. 


FABLE  XCIV. 

Be    pinguibus   Caponibus     Of  the  fat   Capons    and  tht  Uzn 
ijf  macro.  one. 


QUidam  Fir  nutricave- 
rat  complures  Capones 
in  tcdtmOrnithcboscio;  Qiii 
omnes    funt    effecti  pingiies 


A      Certain    Man    had 
XjL  up       very       many 

brought 

Capons 

in       the       fame       Coop; 

Who 

all           were           wfi^e 

fit 

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prater  L^num,  'Sluem  Fratres 
trridebanty  ut  mac:  lent  urn, 
Dominu.s  accepturus  nobiles 
Hospites  lauto  kj  iumptuofo 
ConviviOf  imperat  CoquOy 
ut  tnterimaty  £c  coquat  ex 
Hisy         Quos  invenerit 

pingiiiores.  Pingues  audi- 
entes  Hoc  afflic^abant  Sese^ 
dicentes,  0  si  Isosfuissemus 
maciienti ! 

MoR. 
Hxc   Fabula   eft    conjicta 
in       Solamen       Pauperum, 
quorum  Vita  est  tutior,  quam 
Vita  Divitunu 


except    One,    Which   his   Brethren 
laughed     at^     as     lean.  The 

Mafter  about  to  receive  noble 
Guests  in  a  neat  and  fumptuous 
Banquety  commands  the  Cooky 
that  i/tf  should  kill  and  cook  out  of 
Thesey  which  He  should  Jxnd 
tlie  fatter.  The  fat  hear- 
ing 77/;^  afflitLed  Thevisehesy 
0      if     We      had      been 


faying, 
lean  1 

This 
for     the 
tuhose 


MoR. 
Fable       was 
Ccmfort    of 


invented 
the    Poor, 


Life 


the  Life  of  the  Rich. 


fafer,       than 


FABLE  XGV, 


De  Cygno  canente  in 

Morte,  rcprehenso 

Ciconia. 

CYgniis  moriens  inter- 
rogabatur  a  Ciconia, 
cur  in  Morte^  Quam  cetera 
Animalia  cckl  exhorrent, 
emitteret  Sonos       viulio 

luaviores,  quam  in  omni 
Vita  ;  cum  potius  deberet 
efTe  mcestus,  Cui  Cjgnus 
inquit,  ^lia  non  crucia- 
bor  ampliias  Curd  c^ujcren- 
di  Cibi. 


Cythe  Swan  finging  iti 

Death,    reprehended 

by  the  Stork. 

'"T^IIE    Swan    dying    was    afl:- 
X      ed  by  the  Stork, 

rohy  in  Beathy  Which  ether 
Animals  so  fear, 

He  sent  forth  Sounds  much 
fweeter,  than  in  all 

his  Life  ;  v}hen  rather  He  ought 
to  be  'sud.  To  whom  the  Swan 
faid.  Because  I  fiiall  not  be  tor- 
ment c  I  longer  ivith  the  Care  of 
feeking  Meat, 


MoR. 

Hccc  Fabula  acjmonet, 
ne  formidemus  Mortem  ; 
^ud  omnes  Miseries  pras- 
fentis  Vita  prjcciduntur» 


MoH. 
This  Fable  admonifhes,. 

that  IVe  do  not  fear  Death  ; 
by  Which  all  the  Miseries  of  the  pre- 
fent  Life  are  cut  off. 


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FABLE    XCVL 


De  Trade  Is^  Bobus 

trahcntibus  Earn. 

ULmea  Trabs  conque- 
rebatur  de  Bobus, 
dicensj  O  Ingrati^  Ego  alui 
Vos  multo  Tempore  me  is 
Frondibus;  veroYqs  trahitis 
Me  vestram  Nutricem  per 
Saxa     isf     Luta.  Cut 

Boves }  Nostra  Sufpiria  U' 
Gemitus  tSf  Stimulus, 
^0  pungimur,  pos- 
sunt  docere  Te,  quod  in- 
viti  trahimus  Te, 

MoR. 
Hxc    Fubula  docct   Nosy 
Tie         excandefcamus        in 
Eos,  ^li  lacdunt  Nos^  non 
^iid  Sponte. 


0/the  Beam  and  the  Oxen 
drawing  It. 

AN  Elm  Beam  complain- 
ed of  the  Oxen, 
sajingy  O  ungrateful,  I  have  fed 
You  a  long  Time  ivith  my 
Leaves  ;  but  you  dra^u 
Me  your  Nourifher  thro* 
Stones  and  Dirt.  To  Whom 
the  Oxen  ;  Our  Sighs  and 
Groans  and  the  Goad, 
Vfith  which  We  are  pricked,  are 
able  to  teach  Thee,  that  ««- 
willing  We  draw  Thee» 

MOR. 

This         /'a^/e       teaches      C/'x, 
that  we  fliould  not  be  hot  against 


Them,      JVho      hurt 
of  their  onvn  Accord. 


Uss 


not 


FABLE  XCVIL 


De  Anguilla  donquerente, 
quod  infestaretur  magjs, 
l^.yam  Serpens. 

ANguilla  interrogabat 
Serpentem,  cur,  cum 
cssent  fimiles,  atq;  cognati, 
homines  tam.en  insequerenlur 
Se  potiuSf  quam  Illam : 
Cui  Serpens  inquit,  quia 
raro     ladunt      Me      /w^m- 


0/*  the  Eel  complainingj 
that  i/ff  waj  infested  more 
f/wn  the  Serpent. 

THE  Eel  asked 

the  Serpent,  w/y,  feeing  that 
They  ivere  alike,  awfi?  Kinsfolk,, 
Men  yet  pursued 

Him  rather,  ^  than  ^^r  : 
To  whom  fAe  Serpent  faid,  because 
feldom  <fo  /Ar^  /furi'  Me  unpunish" 
ed. 


SELECT  TABLES  OF  .E.SOP; 


er 


MoR. 
Haec      Fabula       indicat, 
Eos     folere       ladi     minus, 
^ui  ulcifcuntt;. 


MoR. 
This    Fable    iliows,    that    TJiey 
are      wont      to      b&     hurt     lefs, 
Who  revertge. 


FABLE  XGVIIL 


De  AsiNo,  SiMiA,  Isf 
Talpa, 

ASlno  conguerente,  quod 
careretCormbus;  ver» 
Simia,  qued  Cauda  deesset 
Sibi  J  Talpa  inquit,  Ta- 
cete,  ciim  videas  Me  esse 
captum  Oculis, 

MoR. 

Hxc  Fabula  pertinet  ad 
Eos,  ^ui  non  funt  contenti 
fua  6'orftf ;  Qui, 

fi  considerarent  Infortunia 
Aliortcmj  tolerarent  sua 
^cquiore  Animo^ 


Of  the   Ass,  the   Ape,  and  the 
Mole. 

THE  Afs  complainings  that 
He  wanted  Horns  ;  but 
the  Ape,  that  a  Tail  ivas  ivanting 
to  Him  ;  The  J/o/efald,  Holdyour 
Peaccy  when  you  see  Me  ra  be 
deprived  of  eyes. 

MoR, 
This  Fable  pertains  to 
Them,  Who  arc  not  content 
with  their  own  Condition ;  Who, 
if  They  considered  \h&  Misfortunes 
of  Others^  would  bear  their  own 
with  a  more  patient  Mind. 


FABLE     XCIX. 

Ve  Najjtis    implorantibus     Of  the   Mariners  imploring  the 
Auxilium  Sanctorum,  Help  e/  Me  Saints, 


QUidam  Nauta  depre- 
henfus  m  Mari  subitd 
5c  a<r«  Tempeftate,  ceteris 
ejus  Sociis  implorantibus 
Auxilium  diverforum 

Sanctorumy  inquit,  Nescitis 
Quod  petitis ;  Etenim, 
antequam  ifti  Sftncti  coofe- 


Certain      Mariner     overta- 
ken  at  Sea   with   a   sudden 

and     dark     Tempeft,       the     rest 

of      his      Companions 

the  help         of 

Saints,       faid,        rer 

What        ye  ask ; 


imploring 

different 

knoiv     not 

For, 


before  that  thofe  St^ints  can  be- 


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rruit  Se  ad  Deinn  pro  nostra 
Liberatione,  obrue- 

mur  hac  imminenti  Procella. 
Confugite  igitur  ad  Fum, 
^ui  Abfque  Adminiculo 
Alter  ius  poterit  liber  are 
Nos  a  tantis  Malts,  Igi- 
tur, Auxilio  Omnipotentis 
Dei         invocato,  illico 

Procella  cessavit. 


take  themselves  to  God  for  our 
Deliverance,  IVe  shall  be  over- 
ivhelmed  in  this  imminent  Storm. 
Fly         therefore  to         Him, 

Who         without         the  Help 

sf  Another  fhall  be  able  to  deliver 
Us  from  fo  great  Evils,  There- 
fore, the  Help  of  Almighty 
God  being  invoked,  presently 
the  Storm  ceased. 


MOR. 

Ne  confugito  ad  imbe- 
cilliores,  ubi  Auxilium 
potcntioris  poteft  haberi. 


MoR. 
Do     not     fly     to     the     weak- 
er, where  the  Help 
of  a  more  powerful  may  be  had. 


FABLE  C. 


De  Pifcibus  desilientibus  e 
Sartagine  in  Prunas, 

PKces  adhuc  vivi  coque- 
bantur  in  Sartagine  fer- 
venti  O/eo;  Unus  ^orMWi 
inquit,  Fratres,  Fugiamus 
hinc,  ne  pereamus. 

Tum  Omnes  pariter  exilien- 
tes  e  Sartagine  deciderunt 
in  ardentes  Prunas,  Igitur 
affect i  majore  Dolore  dam- 
nab  ant  Consilium^  CTucd 
ceperanty  dicentes,  ^uan- 
to  atrociori  Morte  nunc 
perimus  ! 

MoR. 
Haec  Fabula  admonet  Nos^ 
ut  vitemus  prxfentia  Peri- 
cula   ita,    ne    incidamus  in 
graviora. 


Of  the     Fiflies     leaping     out    of 
tbe  Frying  Pan  into  the  Coals, 

Flflies  jet  alive  7yfre  cooA- 
ec/  in  a  Frying  Pan  with  fcald- 
ing  O//:  One  o/  Which 
faid,  0  Brethren-)  Let  us  fly 
hence,  that  we  may  not  perifli. 
Then  ^//  in  like  manner  leap- 
ing out  of  the  Frying  Pan  fe^l 
upon  the  burning  Coals.  Therefore 
affected  with  greater  Pa/n  They 
condemned  the  Counsel,  Which 
They  had  taken,  faying,  By  how 
much  a  more  cruel  Death  now 
do  We  perish  ! 

MoR. 
This     Fable     admoniflles     Us, 
that    We  avoid  the   prefent  Dan- 
gers fo,  that  we  do  not  fall  iii'.o 
more  grievous,. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOP. 


65 


FABLE     CL 


De  Ouadrupedibus  ineuiu 
tibus  Societatem  cum 
Pifcibus  adversus  Aves, 

QUadrupedes,  ciai 

Be  Hum  esset  indlftum 
Sidi  ab  Avibus^  ineunt 
Fcedus  cum  Tiscibus^ 
ut  tuerentur        Se       eo- 

rum  Aux'lio  a  Ftirore 
Avium,  Autem,  cum  ex- 
pedlarent  optata  Auxilia, 
Pisces  negant,  Ss  polTc 
acccdere  ad  Se  per  Terranu 


OftYt  Four-footed  Beafls  enter- 
ing into  an  Alliance  vjith 
the  Filhes  against  the  Birds. 

THE  Four-footed  EeaRs,  ivhcn 
War  tvas  proclaimed  againfi: 
Tlteni  by  the  Birds,  enter  into 
a  League  with  the  Fishes, 
that  thej  nvould  defend  Them  ivith 
their  Help  from  the  Fury 
of  the  Birds,  But,  ci'//c\'i  They  ex- 
peeled  the  desired  Succours, 
the  Fishes  deny,  that  They  are  abls 
to  come  to  them  bv  Land, 


MOR. 

Haec  i^aiw/rt admonct  ^^^i", 
ne  faciamus  £o5  So- 
cios  Nobis,  Qui,  fi/m  fit 
Opus,  non  polTunt  cdesse 
Nobis. 


MoR. 
This  /c^/fi  advifes  Us, 
that  v;e  do  not  make  Thcr.i  Com- 
panions f(7  Us,  Who,  ci^/zfM  there  is 
Need,  are  not  able  fo  be  present 
to  Us. 


FABLE     GIL 


De  ViRO,  Qui  access  it  ad 
Cardinalem  nuper  creatum 
Gratia  gratulandi. 


Of 


Max, 


QUidv 
face 


lam     Vir    admodum 
.^,^. ^  '^cetus,    audiens  5wz.';« 
Amicum  adsumptum  ad  Dig~ 
vitatem  Cardinalatus, 

accessit  ad  Eum  Gratia  gra- 
tulandi :  Qui  tumidus 
Honore,  dissimu/ans 

agncfcere  veterem  Amicum, 
interrogabat,  Quifnam  elTet, 


W'ho  Kent  to 
a  Cardinal  lately  created  for 
the  Sake  of  congratulating  Him, 


A  Certain  Man  very 

facetiousy  hearing  that  his 
Friend  ivas  preferred  to  the  Dig- 
nity of  the  Cardinalfliip, 
ivent  to  Him  for  the  Sake  of  con- 
gratulating Him  :  Who  pujfed  up 
with  the  Honour,  dissembling 
to  know  his  old  Friend, 
aski'dj  Who  He  u'Cs, 


ro 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ilLSOP. 


C'ji  iile  inquit,  ut  erat 
prompt  us  ad  Jocos,  Mife- 
refco  Tui  k  Ccctcrorum^  Qui 
perveniunt  ad  Honores  hujus 
j^/oc?/  ;  etenim,  quampri^ 
mum  eftis  affecuti  Uignita- 
tes  hujus  Modiy  iia  amittitis 
Vifum,  Auditumq;  Sc  ctf- 
f<?ro5  Senfus,  wf  non  cm- 
/)//»s  dignofcatis  pristinos 
Amicos, 


To  -vvhom  He  fa  id,  crj  He  was 
ready         at  Ji^sts.^  I      pi- 

ty TA^e  and  Others  .^  Who 
arrive     to       Honours       of      this- 

/WWC/  /  for,  <2J  50071 

c.y  Ye  have  obtained  Digni- 
ties of  this  Kindj  fo  (io  j'om  /o5f 
Sight,  and  Hearing,  and  f//^  o- 
ther  Senfes,  that  no  /ow^f- 
er  do  ye  diftinguifh  o/fi 
Friends.. 


MOR. 

Hxc  Fabula  notat  jEo^, 
Qui  sublati  in  c/i«m  de- 
fpicjant  vetercs    Amicitias. 


MoR. 
This     Fable     denotes        Those,. 
Who     raised     up    on     ///^'/j    de- 
fpife  ancient  Friendfliips. 


FABLE  GlIL 


De  Aquiia  c^*  Pica. 

Pica    interrogabat   Aqui- 
1am,  lit       acciperet 

Se  inter  suos  Familiares  ^ 
Doniefticos  ;  quando  me- 
reretur  Id,  cum  Pulchritudi- 
ne  Corporis,  turn  Volu- 
bilitate  Lingua  zd  per  agen- 
da Mandata.  Cui 
Aquila  refpondit,  facerem 
Hoc,  ni  vererer,  ne 
efierres  cuncta 
tUH  Loquacitate,  Quaj 
^nt  intra  me  am  Tegulam. 

MoR. 
Hasc  Fabula   monet,   /m- 
vuaces  b:.  garrulos  Homines 
nan  habendas  Do  mi. 


0/ the  Eagle  cnc/ the  Magpie i.       'V 

THE  Magpie  asked  the  Ea- 
gle, that  She  would  receive 
Her  among  her  Familiars  and 
Domeftics  ;  seeing  that  She  de- 
ferred That  both  by  Beau- 
ty of  Body,  and  Volu-  '-^ 
bility  of  Tongue  to  dis- 
patch Commands.  To  whom 
the  Eagle  anfwered,  /  should  do 
This,  unless  I  feared,  lest  Thou 
{houldft  bear  abroad  all  Things. 
by  thy  Talkativeness,  Which 
may  be  done  within  my  Roof. 

MoR. 
This   Fabie    advlfes,    that   talk- 
ative        and         prating         Men 
art  not  to  be^had  at  Home. 


SELECT  TABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


FABLE     CIV. 

De     Turdo   i^iinte   Amlci-     (9/ the Thrufli^nftfr/n^ into  Friend- 
tiam  ciim  Hirundine.  fhip  ivith  the  Swallow. 


T  Urdus  gloriabatur, 

Se  contraxisse 

Amicitiam  cum  Hirundine  ; 
Ciii  Mater  inquit,  FUi, 
es  Stultus,  si  credasj 
Te  poffe  conrivere  cum 
Eay  cum  Uterq ;  Veftrum 
soleat  appeterc  diversa  Lo- 
ca ;  etenim  Tu  delectari^ 
frigidis  Locis,   l\\?ite6idis. 


THE  Thrufh  boasted, 

that  He  had  contracted. 
a  Friendfhip  rjith  the  Swallow  ; 
To  whom  the  Mother  said.  Son, 
Thou  art  a  Fool,  {/thou  believe 
that  Thou  art  able  to  ilxre  with 
Her,  feeing  that  Each  of  you 
is  nvont  to  defire  different  Pla- 
ces ;  for  Thou  art  delighted 
with  cold  Places,  She  with  ivarm. 


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MOR. 

Moneniur  hac  Fabula, 
le  faciamus  Eos  Amicos 
Nobis,  Riorum  Vita  dis" 
sentit  a  nostra. 


MoR. 
We    are    advifed  ^  /Arj  Fable, 
f/mt  JFe  do  not  make  Them  Friends 
to        Us,        Whose       Life       c///- 
fereth  from  oi/r^. 


FABLE  CV, 


De  quodam  Divite  Sc 
.Servo. 


Of  a  certain  i?/c/i  J/&/i  and 
}iis  Servant» 


ERat  quidam  Dives 
habens  Servum  Mrc^/ 
Ingenii,  Quern  solebat 
nuncupare  Regem  Stultorum: 
Ille  sape  irritatus  his 
Verbis  statuit  referre  par 
Hero  ;  etenim  femel  con- 
versus  in  Herum  inquit, 
Utinam  essem  Rex 

Stultorum ;  etenim  nullum 
Imperium  in  toto  Orbe 
Terrarum       esset         latius 


THere  was  a  certain  rich  Man 
havijig  a  Servant  of  a  slow 
Wit,  Whom  He  used 

to  call  the  King  of  Fools  : 
He  oftefi  irritated  at  these 
Words  resolved  to  return  the  like 
to  his  Mafter  ;  fjr  once  turn- 
ed upon  his  Master  he  faid, 
I  wifti  /  was  the  King 
of  Fools ;  for  no 

Empire  in  the  whole  Globe 
of      Lands      'would      be      wider 


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mco;     &;     Tu    quoque    sud- 
esses  meo  Imperio» 

MOR. 

Fabula    indicate  Stultum 
sxpe  loqui  opportune. 


than  mine ;  and  Thou  alfo  vjouldst 
be  under  my  Empire, 

MoR. 
The    Fable  shows^  that  a  Fool 
o/Ven  fpeaks  pertinently. 


FABLE  CVL 


Dtf  Urbanls  Canibus  inse- 
quentibus  Villaticum. 

COmplures  urbani  Canes 
insequebantur  quendam 
'villaticum  przecipiti  Cursu  ; 
Quos  Ille  diu  fug  it ; 
nee  ausus  est  repiignare  : 
At  ubi  conversus  ad  Eos 
infequentes  substitit^  Sc  Ipse 
(^uoque  cixpit  oftendere 
Dentes^  Omnes  pariter 
fabfliterunt,  nee  Aliquis 
Urbanorum  audebat  appro- 
pinqnare  Illi.  Tunc  Impe- 
rator  Exercitus,  ®m/  forte 
aderat  ibi,  conversus  ad  suos 
Milites  inquit^  Commllito- 
nes,  Hoc  Spedaculum  ad- 
monet  Nos,  ne^  fugiamus, 
cum  videamus  prxsentiora 
Peiicula  imminere  Nobis 
fugientibus^  quam  repug- 
nantibus. 


Of  the  City  Dogs  pursu- 
ing  the  Village  One. 

MANY  City  Dogs 

pursued  a         certain 

Village  one  with  a  hafly  Course ; 
Whom  He  a  long  while  fled  from  ; 
nor  dared  to  refift : 

i?zf^  when  turned  to  Them. 
purfuing  He  stopped,  and  ^^ 
alfo  began  .         to  fhow 

A/^  Teethy  They  All  equally 
flopped,  7ior         any  One 

o/'  //id  City  ones  dared  to  ap' 
proach  Him.  Then  the  General 
of  an  Army,  Who  by  Chance 
ivas     there,       turned      to  hii 

Soldiers  said,  Fellow-Sol-, 

diers,  This  Sight  ad- 

■monishes  Us,  that  ive  do  not  fly, 
ivhen  We  fee  inore  present 
Dangers  to  threaten  Us 
flying,  than  resist- 

ing. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  J£SOP. 


r:» 


FABLE     CVIL 


Ranis. 


0/the  Tortoise  and 
the  Frogs. 


TESTUDO  conspicata 
Ranas,  ^i/<e  pafccban- 
tur  in  eodem  Stagno,  aded 
/eves,  agilefque,  ut  facile 
prosilirent  quolibet,  ^ 
faltarent  /<?«g-m/w^,  accufa- 
bat  Naturam,  quod  procre- 
asset  Se  tardum  Animal,  If 
impeditnm  maximo  One- 
re^  ut  neque  pofTet 
movere  Se  faciliy  8c  assidue 
prcmeretur  magna  Mole. 
At,  ubi  vidit  Ranas  fi- 
eri Escam  Anguillarum, 
Sc  obnoxias  vel  levissimo 
I£lui,  aliquantulum  recrea- 
ta  dicebaty  Quanto  est 
melius  ferre  Onus,  ^uo 
sum  munita  ad  omnes  Ictus, 
quam  subire  tot  DUcrimina 
Mortis  ? 


THE  Tortoife  having  seen 
the  Frogs,  Which  were 
fed  in  the  fame  Pool,  fo 
light,  and  nimble,  that  eafily 
They  leaped  any  where,  and 
jumped         very        far^  accu- 

fed  Nature,  that  She  had 
made  Her  a  sloiv  Animal,  and 
hindered  with  the  greateft  Bur- 
den,  that  rieither  was  She  able 
to  move  Herfelf  easily,  and  dai/j 
was  pre  fled  w/iA  a  great  Weight, 
But,  vjhen  She  faw  the  Frogs  be- 
come the  Food  of  the  Eels, 
and  obnoxiou  even  fo  the  lightest 
Blow,  fl  //«/e  /:omfort- 
ed  5/ie  j^zJ,  By  how  much  is  it 
better  to  bear  a  Burden,  by  Which 
I  am  fortified  to  all  Blows, 
than  to  undergo  fo  many  Dangers 
of  Death? 


MOR,  MOR. 

Hxc        Fabula       indlcat,  This  Fable  /liows, 

ne  feramus  (egre  that=:ue  should  nothc?it  discontentedly 

Dona    Nature,    Qux    s<epe  the  Gifts  of  Nature,  Which  often 

^unt  major i  Cammodo  2^ obis,  are    «  greater   Advantage  to  Us, 

qgara    TVb^    valeamus  iiitel-  than    /Pe   may  be  able  to  under^ 

ligere,  stand. 


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FABLE  CVln. 


De  Gliribus  'Oolentibus 
e  ruerei^/f  rcum. 

GLires  destinaverant 

eruere  ^uti-cum^  g^^n- 
diferam  Arborefn^  Denti- 
bus ;  q  0  habe- 

i-ent  Cihuvi  paratiorem,  ne 
io^erentur  toties 

afcendere  t?*  defcendere 
Gratia       Vidlus,  Sed 

Quldam  C3:  His,  ^w/ longe 
anteidat  cxttroi,  ^tate,  & 
Experientid  Rerum,  ab- 
stcrruit  Eos,  dicens,  Si  muic 
interficimus  nostram  Nu- 
tricem,  ^lis  prsbebit  jUi- 
menta  Nobis,  ac  Noflris 
Anhis  futuris? 

MoR. 
Hsec  Fabula  manet,  pru- 
iit-ntem  Virum  debere  intueri 
non  modo  prasentia^   vei'utn 
4jn^e  profplccre  futura* 


Of  the  Dormice  nvilling 
to  over-turn  tJie  Oak, 


T 


HE  Dormice  had  designed 
to  ovei'-turn  the  Oak,  an 
Acorn-bearing  Tree^  with  their 
Teeth  ^  that  they 

"might  have  i^yoci  readier,  that 
They  might' not  be  forced  fo  often 
to  aicend         and         defcend 

for  the  Sake  of  Food.  But 
One  of  Thefe,  Who  by  far 
excelled  the  reft  in  Age^  and 
Experience     of     Things,      deter  ^ 


If 


r^-ti     Them,     'sayings 
We         deltroy         Oz/r 
riflier,     7f7i9     will     afford 
rishments     to       L^s,      crnfl? 
for  future  Tears  .- 


noti> 
Nou- 
Nou- 
Ours 


MoR. 
This  Fable  advifes,  that  a  pru- 
dent   Man    ought     to     look    into 
not    only    present      Things^     but 
c/dr  o^to  forefee  the  future* 


FABLE  CIX. 
i}tf  Cane  ^  Hero.  0/the  Dog  and  the  Master. 


QUidam  habens  Canem, 
quo  diligeretur 

lllo  magis,  semper  pafcebat 
Eum  fuis  Manibus^  & 
solve  bat  ligatum  ;  autem  ju- 
bebat  ligari  &  verberari 
a       Servo,       ut     Benefcia 


A  Certain  Man  having  a  Dog, 
that  He  fhould  be  beloved 
by  Him  more,  always  fed 
jy/m  with  his  own  Hands,  and 
/oo^fc/  Him  bound;  but  or- 
dered Him  fo  be  bound  and  ^fct 
by    c  Servant,    that  f^ff  Benefits 


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vlderentur  esss  collata  in 
Iljum  a  Se,  aiitem  Malc- 
faila  a  Servo.  Autem 
Cants  ferens  fgre,  Se 
assidue  ligari,  55*  verberari, 
aufugit ;  &c,  cum  increpa- 
retur  a  Domino,  ut  ingra- 
tus,  ISf  immemor  tantorum 
Benejiciorumy  Qui  fagisset 
a  Sc^  a  ^uo  fuiffet 
semper  dlleclus,  ^  partus, 
autem  nunquam  ligatus^  Sc 
vcrderaiusy  refpondit,  Puto 
]d  /actum  a  7>,  Quod 
Servusy*jc/f  tuo  yu^siu 

Fabula       indicate        Eos 
habendos  Malefacflores, 

^a  fuere  Causa  Maleficio- 
riim. 


fhould  feem  to  be  conferred  vpo:i 
Him  by  Himfelf,  but  the  ill 
Turns  by  the  Servant,  But 
the  Z)(7^  bearing  unkindly^  that  He 
daily  was  bound,  tinci  beat, 
fed  aivay ;  and,  w/i<?«  He  was 
blamed  by  the  Mafter,  as  un- 
grateful, CMC?  unmindful  of  so  great 
BeneftSy  Who        /jj:/        /ffc^ 

from  Himy  by  Whom  He  had  been 
al-ivays       beloved,  o/Ji/       fed, 

but         never  boundy  and 

beateiiy  He  anfwered,  /  f/t//j,4 
That  done  by  77jee,  Which. 
a  Servant  doth  by  thy  Command, 

Mo  a. 
The    Fable   shoivsy  that   Thofc 
CK<r   to    ^    accounted    Evil   Doerii, 
JfVio   have  been  the  Cause  of  eviiL 
Deeds. 


FABLE  GX, 


De  Avid  us  timentibu^ 
Scarabxos. 


Gf  the  Birds /cc: 
the  Beetles. 


M Agnus  Timor  incef- 
ferat  Avesy  ne 
Scarabaei  occiderent  Eas 
Bulistd,  a  ^ibus  auJive- 
rant  magnam.  Vim  PZ/c- 
r«w  fuifle  fabricatam  in 
Stcrquiltnio  fummo  Labore, 
Tum  Passer  in  quit,  i\^3//- 
ie     expavefcere ;  etetiim 

quomodo  potuerunt  jacere 
Pilas  volantes  per  Acra  in 
Nos,  c«wi  vix  trahant 
Eas  /)er  Terram  magna 
Molimine? 


A    Great      Fear      h;^d       feiz- 
ed        the  Birdsy         lell 

the  Beetles  should  kill  Them 
ivith  a  Cross-Bor^'y  by  JVhpm  They 
had  heard  a  jrrect  PoAver  o/  Bui- 
Itts  had  bLcen  forged  on 
a  Dunghill  whh  very  great  L^mir. 
Then  ihe  Sparrow  laid,  JJi;  «o/  vjil- 
ling  to  fear;  /r,r 

hov^  shall  they  be  able  to  call 
Bullets  flying  tAr^'  the  Air  upo?i 
Us,  wAf»  fcarce  they  can  dra^u 
Them  on  the  Ground  w/fA  ^rcjf 
Labour  ? 


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MOR. 

Hssc  Tabula  admonet  Nos^ 
Tie  extimelcamus  Opes 
Hoftiu.'-p,  §Htibus  videmus 
Jn senium  decile. 


MoR. 
This     Fable      admoni  flies     Us-^ 
that     We     fear     not  the  Riches 
of  Enemies,  to  Whom  We  fee  that 
Wit  is  wanting. 


VABLE  CXL 


De  Urso  ^  Apibus, 


Of  the  Bear  and  the  Bees. 


URSUS  ictus  ab  Ape 
eft  percitus  tantd 
Ira,  lit  difcerperet  tota 
Alvearia  Ungpidusy  in 
^ui&us  Apes  mellijicaverant. 
Tunc  tmiversie  Apes,  cum 
viderent  suas        Domos 

diri>i\  Cibaria 

ciifcrriy  Filios  necari^ 
fubito  Impctu  invadentes 
Ursi'.m,  pene  necavere 
Acnleis  j  ^ui  vix 

e  laps  us  ex  Manibus 

Eorum,  dicebat  Secum, 
?hianlo  erat  melius  tolerare 
Acideum  unius  Apis^  quam 
cone  it  are  tot  Hastes  in 
Me  mca  Iracundid? 


A  BEAR  being  stung  by  a  Bee 
was  ftirred  7v/V/i  so  great 
Anger,  that  He  tore  all 
the  Hives  w/Y/i  his  Paivs,  in 
Which  the  Bees  Aac^  wz^cfe  honey» 
Then  tz//  the  Bees,  when 
they  faw  their         Houfcs 

overturned,  their  Maintenances 
ta/ten  anvaj,  their  Young  killedy 
with  a  fudden  Onset  attacking 
the  Bear,  ahnoft  i^/7/ec/  Him 
with  their  Stings ;  Who  scarce 
having  slipt  out  of  the  Hands 
of  Them,  said  with  Himfelf, 
-5y  /tow  much  was  /f  better  to  bear 
^A^  5'f/w^  of  one  Bee,  than 
^o  rarjd"  u/>  fo  many  Enemies  againft 
Me  by  ray  Angtr  ?  .  '^ 


MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indie  at  esse 
longe  melius  fuftinere  In- 
jur i  am  Unius,  qvam,  dum 
volumus  punire  Unum, 
compararc  Multos  Inimicos. 


MOR. 

This  Fable  fliows  it  to  be 
far  better  to  fuftala  the  In^ 
jury  of  One,  than,  wbilft 
We  are  willing  to  punifli  Cue, 
to  get  ^any  Enemies. 


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n 


FABLE     CXn. 


De  MiLiTE  ^  duobus 
Equis. 

Miles  habens  optimum 
Equuniy  emit  Alium 
nequicquam  parent  lUi  Bo- 
nitate,  Quern  nutriebat 
mult  6  diligent  ius,  quam 
priofem.  Turn  Posterior  ait 
fie  priori,  Cur 

Dominus  curat  Me  impen- 
siiisj  '  quam  Te ;  cum 
sim  comparandus  Tibi 
neque  Pulchritudine^  neq ; 
Robore<f  neque  Velocitate  ? 
Cui  Ille  inquit,  liac  eft 
Ndtura  Hominum,  ut  fint 
^L'7nj&<?r  benigniores  in  iiovos 
Hospites, 

MoR. 
Haec  FabulU  indicat 
Amentiam  Hominum,  ^ui 
folent  onteponere  nova 
veteribus,  etiamfi  siut 
det'iriora.  . 


0/  the  Soldier  and  the  two 
Horses. 

A  Soldier  having  a  very  good 
Horse^  bought  Another 
nut  at  all  equal  to  Him  in  Good- 
ness^ Whom  He  nourished 
much  more  diligently  <^  than 
the  former.  Then  tlie  latter  faid 
thus  to  the  former,  Why 
does  my  Mafter  mind  Me  more  di- 
ligently^ than  Thee;  feeing  that 
1  am  to  be  compared  to  Thee 
neitJier  in  Beauty^  nor 
Strength,  nor  Siviftness? 
To  Whom  He  faid.  This  is 
the  Nature  of  Men,  that  they  are 
always  more  kind  to  new 
Guests,.  . 

MoR. 
This  i^u(^/e  fhows 

Me  Madness  of  Men,  Jr/^o 
are  wont  to  prefer  new  Things 
io  old,  altho'  they  ar£ 
>Yorfe. 


FABLE  CXHI.  , 

JDtf  Aucupe  i?*  Fringilla.  .      Of  the  Fowler  and  the  Chaffinch,  - 


AUCEPS  tetenderat 

Reii3.  Vol ucj-i bus,  & 
effuderat  largara  Escam 
Illls  in  Area;  tamen 
non  capiebat  Aves  pafcen- 
tesj  quia  videbantur  paucae 


THE  Fowler  had  stretched  out 
his  Nets  to  the  Birds,  and 
had  poured  out  much  ,  Food 
to  Them  ;»  a  void  Place;  yet 
He  did  not  take  the  Birds  feed* 
jngj  ^ecfl«jf   they    feemed    Jew 


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Sibi ;  ^tiilms         paftis, 

cic         avolantibus,         Alia 

adveniunt     pastum ;     Quas 

guog;  neglexit  cape  re  propter 

Faucitatcm,       Hoc     Ordine 

fervato     ptr    totum    Diem, 

ac  Aliis  advenientibus,  Aliis 

abeuntibus,  Illo  femper  ex- 

pectante   niajorem    Pradam, 

tandem       ccepit       advefpc- 

rafcere  :        Tunc      Auceps, 

Spe    amiffa    capiendi     mul- 

tas,     cum  jam  esset  Tempus 

cuiescendis     attrahens     sua 

J-  '   ,  ^ 

Ketia,     ceptt  tantum  unam 

Pringillara,  qutz  infelix  Avis 

remanferat  in  Area. 


to  Him ;  Which  being  fed, 
and  flying  away,  Others 
come  to        feed;  Which 

also  He  negle(Sled  to  take  for 
their    Fewness,  This       Order 

being  kept  thro'*  the  whole  Day, 
and  Others  coming,  Others 
going  away,  He  always  ex- 
pecting a  greater  ^rej, 
at  length  it  began  to  grow 
Evening  :  Then  the  Fowler, 
the  Hope  being  loft  of  taking  ma- 
ny, ivhen  now  it  ivas  Time 
of  resting^  drawing  up  his 
Nets,  took  only  one 

Chaffinch,  which  unhappy  Bird 
had  remained  in  the  void  Place. 


MoR. 
Hssc  Fabula  indicat,  Eos 
fstpe       vix       poffe       capere 
pauca,  ^ui  volunt 

comprehendere  omnia. 


MoR. 
This    Fable    fhows,     that    they 
often     scarce     are     able    to  take 
a   few  Things,  Who    are    wUUng 
to  take  all  things. 


lABLE  CXIY. 


De  Sue  £^  Cake. 

SUS  irridebat  cdori- 
fequum  Canem,  Qui 
adulabatur  Domino  Mur- 
Mure  Ss.  Cauda,  a  ^uo 
fuejat  instructus  ad  aucupa- 
toriam        Artem  multis 

Verheribus  Sc  Vellicationibus 
Aurium  ;  Cui  Canis  inguit, 
In  fane,  nescis 

Qxi2£  sum  confccutus  ex 
jUis  Verberibus  ;  etenim  per. 
Ka         vc^por       sua'aissimd 


0/  the  Swine  and  the  Dog. 

THE  Swine  laughed  at  the 
Scent-following  Bog,  Who 
Jialtered  the  Mafter  with  a  Mur- 
mur  and  his  Tail,  by  Whom 
He  had  been  instructed  iox  the  fow- 
ling Art  with  many 
Stripes  and  Plucks  of  the 
ETirs:  To  whom  the  Dog  ^/2/W, 
Mad  Wretch,  That  knowest  not 
What  i  have  obtained  from. 
thofe  StrJpes.1  for  /^n 
TAoje  li  am  fed  with,  the  most  sivca 


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Carne  Perdicum 

Coturnicum, 


&     Flefh         of        Partridges        and 
Quails, 


MOR. 

Hasc  Fabula  admonet  Nos, 
ne  feramus  ini- 

quo  Animo  Verbera  Prse- 
ceptorum,  ^ice  confue- 
verunt  esse  Gaufa  multorum 
bonorum. 


MoR. 
This     Fable     adtnoitiflies      f/j, 
that  We  Ihould  not  bear  ivith  an 
impatient  Wind  the  Stripes  of  Iklaf- 
ters,  WhicW  havtf 

ufed    to  be    the    Caiife    of  manj 
g-ood  Things, 


FABLE  CXV. 


De    Trabe    increpante  Pi-     Of  the  Beam  blaming  the  Slow- 
trritiam    Bnum.  nefs  o/"  i/te  0*<f7i. 


gritiam  Bourn, 

TRabs,  ^M<c  veheba- 
tur  Curru,  increpabat 
Povesy  lit  lentuloSf  dicens, 
Pigri,  Currite,  nam  portatis 
leve  Onus:  Cui 

Boves  responderunty  Irri- 
des  A^os?  Ignoraa, 

qua  Poena  manet  Te. 
Nos  deponemus  hoc  Gnus 
citi:  autem  Pum  Tu  coge- 
ris  fuftinere,  quoad  rum- 
paris.  Trabs        indoluiiy 

nee  ansa  est  amplius  la- 
cessere  Boves  Connie  its» 

M'OR. 

Haac  Fabula  monet 
^emlibeti,  ne  infuket 
Calamitatibus  Aliorum, 

cum  Ipfe  possik  fubjici 
majoribm* 


THE  Beam,  which  was  car- 
ried in  a  Waggon^  blamed 
the  OxeUy  as  slovf,  faying, 
Te  slow  Wretches^  run,  for  ye  carry 
a  light  Burden ;  To  whom 
the  Oxen  ansiveredy  Doft  Thou 
laugh  at  Us?  Thou  knowefl:  not, 
ivhat  Punilhment  ivaits  Thee. 
We  fhall  lay  down  this  Burden 
quickly :  but  then  Thou  shah  be 
forced  to  bear,  until  thou  mayeft 
be  broken.  The  Beam  grievedy 
nor  dared  longer  to  pro- 
voke the  Oxen  ivith  Revilings, 

MOR. 

This  Fable  advifeth 

ar^     One,     that     He   infult    not 

the        Calamities       of       Others-, 

When  He  Himfelf  m<iy  be  fubjca 


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FABLE  CXVL 


Di 


Carduele  Ijf 

PUERO. 


Cythe  Linnet  and 
the  Boy. 


CArduelis  interrogata  a 
Puero,  a  ^o  fue- 
rat  habita  fuis  Deliciis^ 
Sc  nutrita  fuavibus  Cibis^ 
cur  egress  a  Cave  a 

nollet        regredi,  inquit, 

Ut     possim      pafcere     meo 
Arbitratu,  non  tuo. 

MoR.. 
Haec  Fabula  indie  at,  Li- 
bertatem  Vitse  anteponendam 
cuiuSlis  Dflictis, . 


THE  Linnet  being  asked  by 
the  Boy,  by  Whom  She  had. 
been  held  in  his  Delights, 
^nd  nourished  with  fweet  Meats,. 
why  having  gone  out  of  the  Cage 
iSAff  wa^  unwilling  to  return,  ^c/J, 
That  /  may  be  able  to  feed  at  my 
Pleafure,  not  at  thine.  . 

MoR. 
This     Fable     fhows,     that    Li- 
berty of  Life    is    to   be  preferred^ 
before  all  Delights, 


FABLE  CXVIL 


De  Scurra  ^  Epifcopo. 

SCurra  accedens  ad  quen- 
dam  Epifcopum,  divitem 
quidem,  sed  a  varum,  Ca- 
lendis  Januarii,  pet eb at  2iU- 
reum  Numisma  Nomine 
Strenx :  Antiftes 

dixit,  Hominem  insanlre, 
Qui  crederet,  tantam  Pecu- 
niam        dari  Sibi         in 

'Strenam,  Turn  Scurra 
coepit  effiagitare  argenteum 
Nummum ;  fed,  ,  cum  Ille 
diceret,  Hoc  videri  nimiuni 
Sibi,  orabat,  ut  trade- 
ret  Sibi  areum  ^uadran- 
Um :     Sed  cum   non  poffet 


Of  the  Jefler  and  the  Bifliop. 


A 


Jeftcr 
tain 


coming    to 
Bifhop, 


eer- 
rich 


indeed.,,  but  covetous,  on  the  Ca- 
lends of  January,  asked  a  Gol-: 
den  Piece  of  Money  in  the  Name. 
of  a. New  Tear's  Gift :  The  Prelate^ 
said,  that  the  Man  was  mad, 
Who  believed,  that  fo  much  Mo- 
ney would  be  given  Him  for 
a  New  Year's  Gift.  Then  the  Jester 
began  .  to  ask  fome  Silver 
Money:  but,,  when  He 
said,  that  This  seemed  too  much, 
to  Him,  He  entreated,  that  He 
would  give  Him  a  brafs  i^ar- 
thing:   But  wA^n  he  was  not  able 


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txtorquere  Hunc  ad  Epifco- 
po,  incjuit,  reverende  Pater, 
imperti  Me  tuii  Benedict  tone 
pro  St  rend:  Tunc 

Episcopus  inqult,  Fill,  fle£le 
t\X2iGenua-,VitbenedicamlL\h\, 
At  Scurra  inquit,  E^o  nolo 
tuam  tarn  vilem  Bcnedidli- 
onem  ;  etenim  fi  valeret 
aereum  Nummum,  profeclo 
nunquam  concedercs  Earn 
Mihi. 


to  ivring  This  from  the  Bi- 
fliop,  he  said,  reverend  Father, 
reward  3Ie  with  your  Blessing 
for  a  Nc.U' Tear's  Gift:  Then 
the  Bishop  faid,  Son,  bend 
thy  Knecss  that  /  may  bless  Thee. 
But  the  Jester  f.iid,  /  will  not 
have  thj       fo       cheap     ,Blef- 

Ting  ;  for  if  /;  availed 
a  brafs  Farthing,         truly 

yztf-pe-r  wouldft  Thou  grant  /f 
to  Me. 


Moil. 
Hxc  Fabula  eft  confecta 
contra  eos  Epifcopos  i5* 
Sacerdotes,  C>ui  ecstimant 
Opes  ^  Divitias  pluris, 
quam  Sacra,  £c  Mjsteria 
Ecclefi». 


M  O  R  . 

This          Fable          is  Wi?^^ 

again  it       those         BiUiops  and 

Priefts,                Who  esteem 

Wealth  and  Riches  more 
than  the  sacred  Rites,  and  Mj/sterias 
of  the  Church. 


FABLE     CXVIIL 


De  Upupa  honoratd  in- 
digne. 

FEic  cmnes  Aves  invi- 
iutiC  ad  Nuptias  Aqui- 
Ixfcrebant  indigne,  Upupam 
prxferii  cateris,        quia 

esset  ir.fignis  Corona,  Sc 
ornata  verficoloribus 

Pen?: is  ;  cum  semper  elTet 
^p//fi7  volltare  inter  Stercora 
isf  Sordes. 


0/*the  Puet  honored  un- 
worthily. 

ALmoft  all  the  Birds  0^/«^  /nu/- 
ted  to  ?/j<?  Wedding  cf  the  Ea- 
gle <^orf  />  unworthily,  «'^o^  the  Puet- 
was  preferred  fo  the  rest,  becaufe 
she  was  fine  w/f/i  a  Croivn,  and 
adorned  with  various  coloured 
Feathers;  when  ahvays  She  was 
«•onf  to  neftle  among  the  Mud 
<7nJ  Filth. 


MoR.  MoR. 

H»c  Fabula   arguit   .Sfz//-  This    /i7^/tf    reproves    ///ff     /0/- 

tttiam   Eorum,    ^://  in  Ao-  /j^    of    Them,     Who     in     honour^ 

ziorandis  Hominibus  pctius  ing                Meu         ...        rather 


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foleant  ohservare  Nitorem 
Vestiumy  &  Prastantiam 
Formae,  quam  Virtutes 
is"  Mores. 


are  wont   to   mind  the  Splendour 

of       Cloaths^        and  £,xceUency 

of       Beauty,.         ihan  Virtues, 
and  Morals. 


FABLE     CXIX, 


De  SacerdotE  45* 
Pyris. 


Gfiht  Priest  and 
the  Pears. 


QXJi^z.mgulosus  Sacerdos 
projiciscens e:iitr^  Patri- 
am  ad  Nuptias-^  ad  ^as 
fuerat  invitatus^  reperit 
Acervum  Pyrorum  in 
Itinere,  Quorum  attigit 
ne  Unum  quidem  ;  quin  po- 
tius  habens  Ea  Ludibrio, 
conspersit  Urina ;  etenim 
indignabatur,  Cibos  hujuf- 
modi  offerri  in  Itinere^ 
Qui  accessebat  ad  lautas 
Epulas.  Sed  cum  offendisset 
in         Itinere  quendam 

Torrentem  ita  auctum 
Imbribus,  ut  non  pof- 
fet  transire  Eum  sine 
Periculo  Vita^  conftituit 
redire  Domum  :  Autem  re- 
vertens  je'^nnus/uit  opprefTus 
tantd  Fame,  ut  nifi 
comediffet  ilia  Pyra,  ^/<? 
confperferat  Urina,  cum 
Twn-  inveniret  AUud, 
fuisset  extindus  Fame, 

MOR. 

Hsec  Fabula  admorset, 
Nihil  effe  contemnendum, 
cum  Nihil  fit    tam  vile  isi' 


A  Certain  greedy  Priefl. 
going  out  of  his  Coun- 
try x.o  a  Weddings  to  Which 
He  had  been  invited^  found 
a  Heap  of  Pears  in, 
the  Road,  of  Which  He  touched- 
not  Ope  ^  indeed;'  but  ra-. 
ther  having  Them  in  Dirifion, 
He  sprinkled  them  AVith  Urine  ^fon 
He  refented,  that  Meats  of  this 
Kind  should  be  offer  edm  the  Journey, 
Who  ivas  going  to  sumptuous 
Dainties.  But  when  ife  had  found 
in  tAe  J^^cj;  a  certain 
Brook  fo  increased. 

■with  the  Showers,  lAai  He  v/as 
not  able  to  pass^o^r  It  ittithouf; 
Danger  of  ^ife,.  He,  refolve^ 
to  return.  Home :  But  re- 
turning  fafting  He  ivas  oppreffed. 
ivith  so  great  Hunger,  that  unlefs 
He  had  cat  those  Pears,  Which 
He  had  fprinkled  with  Urine,  wbea 
He  could  not  find,  any  thing  elfe. 
He  had  been  dead  ivith  Hunger,. 

JVfOR. 

This  Fa/?le  advifes, 

that  nothing  is  to  be  despised', 
feeiog  tti*t  N.oihing  ia  so  vile,  and 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOP.  83 

"abje£lum,    ^uod  non   poflit     abje^:,  Which         may         not 

aliquando  efTe  Usui»  scmetime  be  of  Use» 


FABLE  CXX. 
De  Porco  ^  Eiiuo.  Of  the  Hog  tind  the  Horfc, 


POrciis  conspiciens  E^uilm 
Bellatorisy  Qui  cata- 
phr actus  prodibat  ad  Pug- 
nam,  inquit,  Stulte,  ^wo 
properas  ?  etcnim  fortafle 
inorieris  in  Pugnd, 

Cui  Equiis        l-efpondit, 

Ciiltellus  adimet  Vitam  Tibi, 
impinguato  inter  Liitum  & 
Sordes,  cum        gcsseris 

Nihil  dignum  Laude  ;  vero 
Gloria  co'mitabitur  Mjcam 
Mortem. 

MoR. 
HsEc  Fabula    innuit,   e^^e 
honeflius  occumbere,  Rebus 
gestis       prJBclare,  quani 

protrahere  Vitam  adlam 
iurpiter» 


THE'Hog  beholding  the  Horfe 
of  a   Warrior^   :N\iQ    arm.' 
ed         wertt  to  Bat- 

tle, saidy  Fool,        Whither 

doft  Thou  haften  ?  ybr  perhaps 
Thou  luill  die  in  the  Flight, 
To  whom  fA<;  Horse  anfwered, 
A  Knife  will  take  Life  from  Thee, 
fattened  amongft  Mud  and 
Filthy  when  T/iou  jAa/f  Ajtx?  cfo/iff 
Nothing  worthy  of  Praise;  but 
Glory  fhall  accompany  wiy 
Death. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  hints,  *A<7f  /*  is 
more  honefl:  fa  c?/>,  Things 
being  carried  famoufly,  than 
to  protradl  a  Life  fpcnt 
baselj. 


FABLE  CXXI. 

Z)c  Coriario  emente   Pellem  Of  the   Tanner   buying  the    Skin 

£7rj/     nondum     capti     a  c/  a    ^ecr,   not   yet    taken    by 

Venatore,  the  Huntsman» 

COriarius     accedens     ad  HT^HE      Tanner       coming      to 

Venatorem  emit  Pellem  X.     *he  Hunter  bought  the  Skin 

Urfi    ab    Eo,     ^5*    protulit  of  a  Bear  of  Him,  and  proffered 

Pecuniam  pro  £«,  lllc  di^it^  Money     for     /*•             He     saidy 


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^  SIbi  710  n  esse  Pell  em  Ursi 
in  Prasentid  i  caeteruni /)o- 
stridie  '  profeAurum 

venatum,  Sc,  Urso  interfec- 
to,  polliceturj  Se  daturum 
Pellem  Illlus  Ei,  Coriaii- 
iis  profectus  in  Sylvam, 
afcendit  altissimam 

Arborem,  ut  mde  prospke^ 
ret  Certain  en  Ursi 

&      Venator  is*  Venator 

intrepidiis  profcv^us  ad 
Antrum,  ubi  Urfus  latebat^ 
Canibus  /mmm/j,  compulit 
Ilium  cxire,  ^ui,  I6lu 
Venatoris  evitato,  pro- 
stravit  Eum  Eumi,  Tunc 
Venator  fciens,  hanc  Feram 
nan  fasvire  in  Cadavcra,  suo 
Anhelitu  retento,  fimulabat 
'Se  mortuum.  Ursus  olfa- 
ciens,  cum  deprehenderet 
Ilium,  nee  spirantem  Nafo, 
nee  Ore,  abscessit,  Coria- 
rius,  cum  perfpiceret  Feram 
abeffe,  ac  adelTe 

Nihil  amplius  Pericidi, 
deducens  Se  ex 

Arbor e,  &  accedens  ad  Ve- 
natorem,  Qui  audebat  non- 
dum  surgere,mox\th2il  Ilium, 
nt  siirgeret :  delnde 
interrogavit,  Quid  Ursus 
effet  locutus  Ei  ad  Aurem. 
Cui  Venator  inquit,  Jl/o- 
«m/^  Me,  ne  vellem 
deinceps  vendere  Pellem 
Ursi,     nifi       prius       cepie- 


tlijt  He  had  not  the  Skin  of  a  Bear 
at  present ;  but  <Ae  Z)ay 
«/Ifer  He  fhould        ~  go 

to  hunt,  and,  the  Bear  being  kill- 
ed He  premises,  that  He  would  give 
the  Skin  of  it  to  Him,  The  Tan- 
ner having  gone  into  fAff  Wood, 
afcends  a         very  high 

Tree,  that  thence  He  might  be-' 
hold  the  Engagement  oj  the  Bear 
and  the  Hunter»  The  Hunter 
unaff righted  having  gone  to  the 
Cave,  where  the  Bear  lay  hid, 
the  Dogs  being  sent  in,  forced 
Him  to  go  cut,  Who,  the  Blow 
of  the  Hunter  being  avoided, 
beat  Him  o«  tAe  Ground*  Then 
f /iff  i/M«f^r. knowing,  f/iiz^  f/i/V  Beaft 
J/(i  not  rage  on  Carcaffes,  /j/^ 
Breath  being  held,  feigned 
Himself  dead.  The  Bear  fraell- 
ing  nvhen         he  held 

Him,  neither  breathijig  at  the  Nofe, 
nor  Mouth,  went  away.  The  Tan- 
ner, when  He  perceived  the  Beast 
to  be  gone,  and  that  there  v^ras 
Nothing  mor£  o/*  Danger, 
letting  down  Himself  out  of 
"  Me  Tree,  and  coming  to  *Ae  jff«n- 
ter,  Who  Jcrec?  not 

yet  to  arise,  advifed  Him 
that  He  should  arise :  then 
He  asked,  What  /Ae  ^ear 
had  fpoke  Jo  Him  in  his  Ear» 
To  whom  ^Ae  Hunter  faid,  ^e 
warned  VLt,that  I  should  not  be  will' 
ing  hereafter  to  sell  the  Skin 
of  a  Bear,  unlefs  I  first  Ihall  have 
taken  Him* 


.SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP. 


85 


.MoR. 
Haec  Fabula  indicat,    in- 
certa  non  haben- 

da  pro  certis. 


MoR. 
This  Fable  (hows,    that    uncer- 
tain  Things  are  not  to  be  account- 
ed ybr  certain. 


FABLE    CXXn. 


JDe  Eremita  bf  Milite.  0/  the  Hermit  and  the  Soldier. 


/^  Uidam    Eremita,    Vir 
V^/  sanctissim<e  Vitx, 

hortabatur  Militem,  ut  fe- 
culari  Militia  relida,  ^uam 
Pauci  exercent  abfque  0/- 
fensd  Dei,  ^  Dilcrimine 
Vitx,  tandem  trader  et 
Se  ^ieti  Corporis,  if 
t;onfuleret  Saliiti  Animae. 
Cui  Miles  inquit,  Pater, 
faciam  quod  mones ;  nam 
est  verum,  quod  hoc  Tempore 
Milites  neque  audent  exigere 
Stipendia,  licet  fint  exigua, 
neque  pradari. 


Hxc 

Multos 


MoR. 

Fabula 
renunciare 


indicat, 
Vitiis, 


qnia  ////     non  poITunt 
erctre  111  a  ampliiis* 


A  Certain  Hermit,  a  Man 
of  most  holy  Life, 
advised  a  Soldier,  that  fc- 
cular  Warfare  being  left.  Which 
Few  exercise  without  Of- 
fence of  God,  a;ji  Hazard 
of  Life,  at  length,  //^  ivould  give 
Himfclf  to  ^uict  of  Body,  and 
would  confult  for  Safety  of  Soul. 
To  Whom  the  Soldier  said,  Father, 
/  IV ill  do  what  Tou  advise  ;  for 
it  is  true,'  that  at  this  T/;«f 
Soldiers  neither  dare  /<?  oji 
Pay,  altho'  it  be  small^ 
nor  fo  plunder, 

MoR. 
This  i^a^/e  fliows, 

fAflf  Many  renounce  Vices, 
bccaufe  They  are  not  able  to  ex' 
efcise  Them  longer. 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


FABLE  CXXIIL 


J)e  Viro  cJ*  Uxore  higxi- 

,/'^Uidam  T/r,  fua  Uxore 
•\^  defunda,  ^lam  valde 
ditexerat^  cuxit  Alteram^  Sc 
Jpsam  Viduam ;  ^;/^  alfi- 
due  cbjicitbat  Ei  Virtutes  & 
fortia  Facinora  prions  Ma- 
riti  :  Cm/,       ut       r<?/Vr- 

rff  Par,  Ipfe  quoque  refe- 
rebat  probatiss'nnos  Mores, 
vi5*  infignem  Pudicitiam  de- 
fuiKTtx  Uxoris.,  Autem  ^'uo- 
clam       Die,  /r-i/fl       fuo 

F/ro,  dedit  Partem  Capo- 
nis,  ^tem  coxerat  i:i 
Coenam  Utrisqj  Pauperi 
^ef^jzf/Eleemofynam,  die  ens., 
Do  Hoc  Tibi  pro  Anima 
mei  prioris  Virij  Quod 
Maritus  audiens,  Pauper e 
accerfito  ab  Eo,  dedrt 
reliquuni  Capon-is  £/, 
dicens,  Et  Ego  quoqtie  do 
/fee  Tibi  /)ro  Anima  me<z 
defun6l2c  Uxoris,  Sic  ////, 
dura  Alter  cupit  nocere 
Alteri,  tandem  non  habn- 
crunt  ^wot/  coenarent. 


•  O/  the  Man  and  Wife  Mf/ce 
wcrr/ef/. 

A  Certain  Man<f  his  7r//tf 
being-dead^  J7/jo;n//e  very  much 
had  lovedy  married  Another,  and 
Her  a  Widov/ ;  W^Ao  dai- 
ly objected  to  Him  the  Virtues  and. 
valiant  Deeds  of  her  former  Huf- 
band:  To  Whom,  that  //e  migh^ 
return  the  Like,  He  c/jo  relat- 
ed the  most  approised  Morals, 
cud  remarkable  Modesty  of  his 
dead  Wife,  But  on  a  cer^ 
tain  Day,  being  angry  nvith  her 
Husband,  She  gave  Part  of  a  Ca- 
pon, Which  flie  had  cooked  /?r 
the  Supper  o/'£a::.?j,  to  a  poor  Man 
asking  an  Alms,  saying, 
I  give  T/j/s  to  Thee  for  the  Soul 
o/*  my  former  Husband;  Which; 
the  Husband  hearing,  the  poor  Man 
being  called  by  Him,  gave 
the  rest  of  the  Capon  to  Him, 
faying,  And  I  also  give 
This  to  Thee  for  the  Soul  of  my 
departed  Wife.  Thus  Phey, 
v/hilfl:  One  defires  fo  hurt 
the  other,  of  length  had 
not  JFi^fl/  They  might  fup  on. 


MOR. 

Hnsc  Tabula  monet,  nen 
esse  pugnandum  contra  Eos, 
^ui       poffunt  vindicare 

Se  cptime. 


MoR. 
This  i^fl^/f    advifes,    that  it  is 
not  to  be    fought    against  Thofe 
Who       are       able       to      revenge 
Themfelves  very  well. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


er 


FABLE     CXXIV. 


De  Leone  b'  Mure. 

LEO,    captus  Laqueo    in 
Sylvd,       cum      videret 
Se       ita       irretitum^  iit 

nsn  posset         explicare 

Se  inde,  rogavit  Miirem, 
I/.*,  Laqueo  abroso 

ab  Lo^  liberaret  Eiun^ 
promittens,  Se  non  futiirum 
immemorem  tanti  Benejicii ; 
(hiod  cum  Mus  fccissct 
promptc,  rogavit  Leonenr, 
lit  traderet  Filiam 

Sibi  in  Uxorem  :  Leo 
non  abnuit  ut  facerel 
J\€m  gratam  JWoBencfac^ori. 
/lUtem  nova  nupta  veniens 
ad      Viriim,  cum       non 

videret  Eum^  Caiu  pressit 
J  Hum  suo   Pedcj  i^  contri- 


0/the  Lion  and  thz  Mouse. 

THE  Lion,  taken  in  a  Snare  m 
the  Wood,  when  He  faw 
Himself  fo  entangled,  that 
/ft?  w^5  not  able  to  extricate 
HimsclJ  thence,  asked  the  MouD, 
/Aijf,  the  Snare  being  gnavjed 
by  Himi  He  would  free  ///"«:♦ 
proniilnig',  that  He  would  not  bs 
unmindful  of  fo  g-reat  a  Benefit  ; 
Which  ivlun  the  Moufe  had  don-j 
readily,  He  asked  the  Lion, 
th.it  He  would  give  his  Daughter 
to  Him  to  Wife:  T/t^  Lion 
refufed  not,  that  He  might  do 
a  Thing  grateful  to  his  Benefactor. 
JBut  the  new  married  Lady  com\r>[- 
to  the  Ilufband,  vjhen  (lie  did  nor. 
fee  Him^  by  Chance  pressed 
Him  w/7/i  Her  Foot,  anc/  trod 
him  to  Pieces. 


MoR. 

Hsec  Fabida  indicat.  Ma- 

trimonia    Sc    catera  Confor- 

tia  itnprobanda,         Qvi^x 

(ontrahuntur  ab  imparibus. 


MoR. 
'Hiis    f^^/e    fhows,     tliat   Mar- 
riages and       other        Fellow- 
fhips  are  to  be  condemned,  Whvclx 
are  contracted  by  Unequals, 


FABLE     CXXV. 

De  UliMO  Ij"  SiLERE.  Of  the  Elm  ^?;(f  the  Osixn. 


ULmus     nata 
Flumlnis 
Silcr         proximum 


in     Ripd. 

irridebat 

Sibi, 


ut     debile»      ^     infirm 


um. 


THE  Elm,  born  on  the  Bunk 
of  a  River,  laughed  at 
the  Oner  next  to  Him, 
^.y  weak  and  infirm. 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  jESOP. 


</uod  fleftcretur  ad  omnem 
^ijel  leviflimum  Impetum 
Undarum  ;  aiitem  extolle- 
bat  suam  Flrmitateni  Isf 
Robur  magnijicis  Verbis ; 
i]uod  inconculfa  pertulerat 
affiduos  Impetus  Amnis 
viultos      Annos.  Autem 

UJinus  tandem  perfra<^a 
vicxima  Violentla  Unda- 
rum,  trahebatur  ab 

Aqiils:  Cut  Siler 

T-idens,  inquit,  Ficrna,  Cur 
deserts  Me  ?  Udi  nunc 
iit  tua  Fortitudo? 


because  it  would  be  bent  at  every 
even         the  higheft  Force 

of  the  Waters  i  but  She  extol- 
led her  own  Steadinefs  and 
Strength  "with  magnifcent  Words  ; 
because  unfhook  she  had  bore 
the  daily  Attacks  of  the  River 
many  Years.  But 

the  Elm  at  last  being  broken 
by  the  very  great  Violence  of  the 
Waters^  was  drawn  along  by 
the  Waters  :  To  which  the  Ofier 
laughing^  fald,  Neighbour^  Why 
dost  thou  forsake  Me  ?  Where  now 
is  thv  Fortitude? 


MoR. 
Fabula  indicat  Eos  esse 
fapientiores,  ^ui  cedunt 
potentioribus,  quam  ^ui 
volentes  resistere  fuperan- 
tur.  turpi ter» 


MoR. 
The  Fable  showeth  Thofe  to  bt 
more         wife,  Who         yield 

iothe  more poiverful,\.\v9,\\  They  Who 
willing  to  resist  are  over^ 
come  basely* 


FABLE  CXXVL 


De  Cera  appetentt 
Duritiem. 


Of  tlie  Wax  desiring 
llardnefs. 


I  Era  /. 


tngcmiscc 


bat.  St 


V^  mollem^  &  procreatam 
penetrabilem  cuicUnqve  le- 
\\^J\mo  Ictui»  Autcmvidens 
Late  res  factos  ex  Luto, 
moWiQYtz  multo,  Se  perve- 
nisse  in  tantam  Duritiem 
Cahre  Ignis,  ut  per- 
cturarent  multa  Secula,  jecit 
Sc  in  Ignem,  ut  confeque- 
retur  eandem  Duritiem  ;  sed 
itatim  liquefacta'  in  Igne 
cfl  consumpta. 


THE  Wax  grievedy  that  It  was 
softy  and  made 

penetrable  to  every  the  light-' 
eft  Blo-iV,  But  seeing 

the  Bricks  made  of  Clay^ 
fofter  by  much,  that  they 
fjme  to  so  great  Hardnefs 
by  the  Heat  of  the  Fire,  that  They 
lafted  many  Ages,  It  cast 
itfelf  into  the  Fire,  that  it  might 
obtain  the  same  Hardnefs ;  but 
prefently  being  melted  \n  the  Fire 
it  was  consumed. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JISOV. 


89 


MOR. 

Hzec  Fabula  ad  m  one;:, 
lie  appetamus^  Quod 
est  denegatum  N^obis  ii  Na^ 
turd» 


This 
that     ive 


turc. 


Fable 
desire 


denied       U^ 


adviies., 

not^       WliRt 

by        Nc 


FABLE    CXXVIL 


De       Agricola       ajectante     Of 
Militiam, 
^  ]\lercaturam. 


the      Huibandman      affecting- 
Warfare, 
and  Merchandife. 


QUidam  Agricolaitv^ih^it 
}^gye^  Se  assidue\o\\Qrft 
Terrain^  nee  pervcnire  ad 
magnas  Divitias  suis  per- 
petiiis  L  abort  bus  ;  cum  vi- 
ddret  nonnullos  Jllilitcs,  Qm 
it  a  auxerant  Rem 

Bello,  lit  inccderent  bene 
indiiti, .  Lf  nutriti  lautis 
Epulis  agerent  beatam 
Vitam»  Igitur  suis  Ovibus- 
.  venditis  cum  Capris  ac 
BobuSy  emit  Eqtios  Sc 
Arma^  £c  proftctus  est  in 
Militiam;  Ubi,-  cum  eflct 
pugnatum  male  a  luo  Im- 
peratore,  non  solum  perdidit 
:^i(S  habeba-t,  se<l  etiam 
recepit  multa  Vulnera. 
(^lare,  Militia        dam- 

nata,  statuit       exercere 

^■iercatiiram^  ut  in  vlua 
existimabat  effe  majas 
Lucrum,  i^       minorem 

Laborem,  Igitur  Pradiis 
venditis,  cum .  impleviflet 
Naviju  Meroibus,  caeperat 
aavigare  J     sec.   cum    esset     to    fail  j 


A  Certain  Husbandman  bore  it 
i.  jL  ///,  that  He  daily  ftirred  up 
the  Earthy  nor  arrived  to 
great  Riches  by  his  per- 
petual Labours  ;  when  Hs 
sjuj  fame  Soldiers,  W!)o 
so  had  encreafed  an  estaif 
ill  the  War,  that  They  went  'iuell 
clothed,  and  fed  ii'ith  sumptuous 
Dainties  led  a  happy 

Life»  Therefore     his     Sheep 

being  sold  with  the  Goats  and 
Oxeny  Ke  bought  Horses  and 
Arms,  and  wenf  into 

f/:(f  ^ri7r ;  Where,  --ivhen  it  was 
fought  unfuccefsfuily  by  his  Gf- 
?2fra/,  He       not       only        loft 

[r//fli  Things  He  had,  ^z/f  alfo 
received  many  Wounds, 

Wherefore,  ?l^ar  being  con- 
demned. He  resolved  to  exercife 
Merchandise,  as        /«       what 

He    thought    there 
Gain,  and 

Labour,        Therefo* 
being  fold,    wher 
a  Ship  ynx.h.  W? 


was 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP. 


in  Alto^  magna  Tempestate 
coorta,  Navis  fubmerfa  eft, 
l^  Ipfe  cum  cateris,  ^li 
erant  in  Ea,  Omnes  periere 
cd  Unum. 


in  the  Deep,  a  great  Tempest 
having  arofe,  the  Ship  was  lunk. 
and  He  ^uith  the  reft,  Who 
were  in  It,  All  periflied 
to  One. 


MOR. 

Hxc  Fabula  admonet, 
^uemlibct  debcre  esse  con- 
tentum  sua  Sorte,  cum 
Miferia  sit  parata  tibiqiie. 


MoR. 
This  Fable  advifes, 

that  every  One  ought  to  be  con- 
tent ivith  his  o'wn  Lot,  when 
Mifery  is  ready  everj/  where.. 


FABLE  GXXVlir. 


De  ASINO  iy  SCURRA.. 

A  Sinus    ferens    ifidigne 
qucndam  Scurram 

honorari  &c  amiciri  pulchris 
Festibus,  quia  edebat  magnos 
Sonos  Ventris,  access  it  ad 
MagistratuSj  petens  ne  vel- 
lent  honorarc  Se  miniis, 
^vam  Scurram  ;  Et  cum 
Magistratus  admirantes 

interrogarent,  cur  duceret  Se 
iVa  dignum  j^onore,  inquit, 
^uia  c.mitto  majores  Crepi- 
tus Fentris,  quam  Scurra-,  & 
itos  abfque  Fce^tore, 

MoR. 
H»G   Fabula   arguit  Eos, 
Qui  profundunt  fuas    Fecu- 
nias  in  levissirnU  Rebus, 


Of  the  Ass  and  the  Jester. 

THE  Afs  bearing  it  unkindly, 
that  a  certain  Jefter 
was  honoured  and  clothed  in  fair 
Garments,  becaufe  He  made  great 
Sounds  of  Belly,  went  to 
the  Magistrates,  deiiring  that  they 
would  not  honour  Him  lefs, 
thaji  the  Jefter ;  And  when 
the  Magistrates  admiring 

asked,  why  He  thought  Himfelf^ 
so  worthy  of  Honour,  He  faid,' 
Because  I  fend  out  greater  Noi- 
fes  of  Belly,  than  the  Jester,  and 
those  without  StinL 

MOR. 

This  Fable  reproves  Those  f 
Who  lay  '  out  their  Mo- 
nics  ill  the  lightest  Things.. 


eh 


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91 


FABLE  CXXIX, 


De   Amne    lacessente   fuura 
Fontem  Conviciis. 

QUidam  Amnis  lacef- 
febat  suiim  Fontem 
Lonviciisy  lit  inertem,  quod 
staret  immobilis,  nee  haberet 
tillo^  Pi  fees,  autem  com- 
mcndabat  Se  plurlmum, 
quod  crearet  optimos  Pi  fees, 
t^  ferperet  per  Valles 
blando  Murmure. 

Fons  indignatus  in  Amncni, 
vehit  ingratum,  repressit 
Undas.  Iwnc  Amnis,  jbr/- 
•oatus  &  Fiscidus  & 
duici  Sono,  evanuit. 


MOR. 

Haec  Fabula    notat 
Qui  arrogant 

^uce  agunt, 

i:f     non     attribuunt 
a       ^10,       ceu     a 
Fontey     noftra     Bona 
cedunt. 


Eos, 
bona, 
Sidiy 
Deo, 
largo 

pro- 


Ofthe  Kiver  provoking  his 
Spring  with  Reproaches. 

A      Certain  Fiver         pro- 

voked his  Spring 

ivithReproaches,2iSsluggish,hec^u^c 
He  stood  immoveable,  nor  had 
any  Fifli,  but  com- 

mended himself  very  much, 
because  he  bred  the  best  Fiflies, 
and  crept  thro'  the  Vallies 
with  a  pleasant  Murmur. 
The  Spring  angry  at  the  River, 
as  ungrateful,  Jtept  hack 
the  Waters.  Then  the  River,  de- 
prived both  of  the  Fishes  and 
the  siveet  Sound,  vanished  aivqy, 

MoR. 
This  Fable  marketh  Those, 
Who  arrogate  the  good  Things, 
Which  They  do,  to  Themselves, 
and  do  not  attribute  Them  to  God, 
from  Whom,  as  from  a  large 
Fountain,  our  good  Things  pro- 
ceed. 


FABLE  CXXX. 


De  mallgno  Viro  8c 
Damorie, 


Of  the  wicked  Man  and 
the  Devil. 


OUidam    malignus    Vlr,  A      Certain         tvicked        Miin, 

cum          perpetraviffet  xJL  nvhen     He     had,    committed 

piurima  Scelera,    is*    fsepius  ina7iy     Wickedneffes,     and     often 

captus,  8c  conclusus  Carcere,  being  taken,   and   i/iuf   in    Prifon, 

teneretur                 ardiffime  w<;^       detmjfted      very        clofely 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  itlSOP. 


pervitin  Cudodia,  implo- 
rabat  Auxilium  Damonisj 
Qui  sapenumero  affuit  ////. 
hi  liberavit  Eum  e  multis 
Periculis,  Tandem  Damon 
apparuit  Ei  iterum  depre- 
hensof  Sc  tjnploranti  folitum 
Juxilium,  habeiis  maifuam 
Fafcem  Calceorum  pertulb- 
rum  super  Humeros,  dicens, 
Amke,  non  possum  efle 
Auxilio  Tibi  amplius  ;■ 
etcnim  peragravi  tot 
Loca  pro  liberando  Te, 
ut  contriverim  omnes  hos 
Calceosy  ^Sc  etiam  nulla  Pe- 
cunia  fupereft  Mihij  Qua 
valeam  comparare  alios  ; 
quare  peribis. 

MOR... 

Haec  Fabula  admonet, 
ne  exiftimemus  nostra 
Peccata  fore  feinper  impu- 
nita. 


with  a  nvatchful  Guard,  /w- 
piored  the  Help  of  the  Devil^ 
Who  oftentimes  was  ivith  Himy 
and  freed  Him  out  of  many 
Dangers,  At  length  ?/;?  Devil 
appeared  to  Him  again  ^a- 
Aen  and  imploring  the  '  ufual 
ife//;,  having  a  great 

Bundle  of         Shoes  worn 

out  vpoji  his  Shoulders,  saying. 
Friend,  /  am  not  able-  to  be 
a  Help  to  Tliee  longer ; 
ior  I  have  travelled  thro'  To  many 
Places  for  freeing  Thee, 
f/irtt  I  have  worn  out  all  theie 
Shoes,  and  moreover  no  7>/a- 
7J5);.  remains  fo  J/*?,  with  Which 
/  may  be  able  to  get  others  ; 
wherefore  thou  shah  perish, 

MOR. 

This  Fable  advifes, 

that  we  should  not  think  our 
Sins  will  be  always  unpunish- 
ed. 


FABLE    CXXXL 


De       Avibus         'volentibus 
eligere  plures  Reges... 

AVcjs  consultabant  de 
eligendis  pluribws 
Regibus,  cum  Aquila  fola 
nan  posset  regere  t  ant  as 
^ffeges  Volucrum,  £c  fe- 
cissent  fatis  rbfo,  nifi 
destitissent  a  Consilio 
Monitu  CorniciSif  Quae, 
cww    Caufa   interrogobatury 


OfXht  Birds  i'^/zz^  willing 
to  choofe  more  Kings. 


T 


HE      Birds     consulted 
choosing 


about 


more 
Kings,  feeing  tlTat  thd  ^agle  alone 
was  not  able  to  rule  so  great 
Flocks  of  Birds,  and  They  had 
done  enough  to  their  Wish,  unlefs 
They  had  desisted  from  the  Counsel 
by  the  advice  of  the  Crow,  Who, 
when     the     Gaufe      was      asked, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


93 


cur     non      duceret      plures  -vvhy    She     did     not     think    more 

Reges     eligendos,       inquit,  Kings  ivere     to    be    chosen^    faid, 

quia    multi   Sacci   iinpkntur  becaufe    many     Bags     are     Jilled 

difficilius,  quam  unus.  more  difficultly,  than  one. 

MoR.  Moil. 

Hscc    Fabula    docet    esse  This     Fable     teaches    it    te    be 

longe    melius   gubernari    ab  by  far   better   to   be    governed    by 

Uno,    quam   a   multis  Prin-  One,       than     by        many       Prin- 

cipibus.  ces. 


FABLE     CXXXIL 


De   Muliere,    ^la  dicebat, 
Se  velle       niori      pro 

fuo  Viro» 


Of  the  Woman,  Who  faid, 
that  She  was  rjilling  to  die /or 
\\tr  Husband, 


OUasdam  Matrona,  ad- 
modum  pudica  & 
amantisshna  Viri,  ferebat 
acgre,  Maritum  detlne- 
ri  advcrsa  Valetudine  :  /a- 
mentabatur  ingemifcebat, 
i^y  ut  testaretur  fuum 
Amorem  in  Virum,  rogabat 
Mortem^  ut,  ^/  cffet  frf/>- 
<ura  Maritum  .y/i^/, 

potiis  ve//et  occidere  Se, 
quam  Ilium.  Inter     /i<ec 

Verba,  cern;^  Mortem  ven/- 
entem  horribili  Aspectu, 
Timore  Cujus  perter- 
rita,  ijf  jam  pcenitens  fui 
Voti^  inquit,  Ego  non  fum, 
^em  petis  ;  jacet  in 
LectOy  Quem  venisti 
occifura. 


A   Certain  Matron^         ve- 

ry chaste  and 

most  loving  of  her  Hufband,  bore  it 
ill,  //^af  f/ie  Husband  -was  kept 
down  /^  bad  Health  :  She  la- 
mentedy  She  grieved, 

andy  that  She  might  testify  Her 
LoiJtf  to  her  Husbandy  She  afkcd 
Deathy  that,  (/*He  was  a/^owf  to 
snatch  her  Hufband  yVom  Her^ 
He  rather  would  kill  i/er, 
than     ///m.  Among     (Ar^tf 

Words,  She  beholds  Death  com- 
ing with  a  horrible  Aspect^ 
with  the  Fear  o/"  Whom  being  af- 
frighted anc^  now  repenting  of  Her 
Tow,  She  faid  /  am  not  He, 
*  Whom  Thou  feekefl ;  He  lies  in 
the  Bedy  Whom  thou  contest 
about  to  kilK 


54 


SELECT  FABLES  OP  ^SOP. 


MOR. 

Hjcc  Fabula  indicat,  Ne- 
minem  effe  adeo  amantem 
Amici,  Qui  non  malit 
cfTe  bene  Sibi,  q-udm  Al- 
ter!. 


MOR. 

This     Table     {hows,     that     n§ 
One  is  so  loving 

of  a  Friend^  Who  had  not  rather 
it  was  ^y<7//  to  Hinij  //lan  Aro- 
ther. 


FABLE  CXXXIII. 

De   Adolefcente  canente  in     Of  the    young    Man    singing    ;it 
Funere  Matris.  ;Af  Funeral  of  his  Mochtr. 


O' 


,Uit1am     Vir   profeqiie- 
batur  defunctam 

Uxorein,  ^oe  efFereba- 
tur  ad  Sepulchrum 

Lachrymis  Sc  Flstibus  ;  vero 
ejus  Filius  canebat,  Qui, 
cz/m  increparetur  a  Pa- 
tie,  tt^  aniens,  ^li  can- 
taret  m  Funere  Afatris, 
cum  deberet  efle  itKxstuSy  & 
j^cfre  una  Secum,  inquit, 
il//  Pater,  j/  conduxifti 
Sacerdotesj  iit  canerent^  cur 
irasceris  Mihi  concinenti 
gratis?  Cw/  Pater 

inquit^  Tuum  Offieium^  & 
Sacerdatum  non  ell  /Je'm. 


A  Certain  3/dn  follow- 

ed /?/^  cff^i 

Wife,  Who  -vvas 

bore  io  the  Grave 

nvith  T.ecrs  and  Weepings ;  but 
/i/j:  Son  ^i3?/^,  Who, 

when  he  was  blamed  (^  the  Fa- 
ther» as  mad,  IVho  could 
ling  af  the  Burial  of  a  Mother^ 
when  he  ought  to  be  jcc/,  and. 
to  weep  together  with  Him,  faid, 
Jlfy  Father,  if  You  have  hired 
Priests  J  that  they  might  sing,  why 
cr^  jou  angry  with  Me  singing 
gratis  ?  To  Whom  the  Father 
said,         Thy  Office,  and 

f Aa^  <?/*  *Ae  Priests  is  aot  fAe  J<?wf . 


Mqr..  Mor. 

Hxc       Fabula       indicat,         This       J^(^/<r       fnows,         that 

Omnia  non  effe  decora  Om-  c//  Tilings  are  not  decent   for   AU 

pibus.  Men. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP. 


95 


FABLE     CXXXIV. 

De  'zelotypo  Viro,  Qui  dede-     Of  the   jealous    Man^    Who    had 
rat  Uxorem  custodiendam,  given  his  Wife  to  be  guarded. 


ZElotypus  Fir  dede  rat 
UxoretHy  Qiiam  covi- 
pererat  vivere  parum  pudi- 
ce,  cuidam  Anilco,  Cut 
fideret  plurimum^  cuftodi- 
endain,  pollicitus  ingentem 
Pecuniam^  fi  observaret'E.-d.m. 
ita  diligenter,  ut  nullo 
Modo  violarct  conjugal 
lem  Gopulam.  At  Ille,  ubi 
expertus  effet  hanc 

Cuftodiam  nimis  dlfficllem 
aliquot  Dies,  13"  compeiifTet 
suum  lugeniuni  viiici  Ver- 
futia  Jllulierisy  accedens  ad 
Maritum.  dixit,  Se 

7iolle  gcrere  han€  tarn 
duram  Provinciam  amplius  ; 
quandoquidem  tie  Argus 
quidem,  Qui  fuit  totus 
ocidatusj  poffet  custodireim- 
pudicam  Mulierem :  Ad- 
didit  praterea,  fi  sit  necelTe, 
Se  malle  deferre 

Saccum  plenum  Puliclbiis  in 
Pratum  qiiotidie  integro 
Anno,  Sc,  Sacco  foluto, 
pascere  Eoj  inter  Herbas, 
t3*  Vefpere  redu- 

cere  omnes  Domum,  qiiain 
servare  impudicam  Mulie- 
rem  uno  Die, 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indicat,  nullos 
Cuftodes  esse  ita  diligentes. 


A  Jealous  Man  had  given 
his  Wift,  Whom  He  had 
found  to  live  but  a  little  challe- 
ly,  to  a  certain  Friend,  to  Whom 
He  could  truft  very  much,  to  be 
guarded,  having  promised  much 
Money  if  Ht  could  observe  Her 
so  diligently,  that  by  no 
Method  She  might  violate  the  con- 
jugal  Tie.  But  He,  ivhcn 
He  had  experienced  this 
Charge  too  difficult 

some  Days,  and  had  found 
his  Wit  to  be  overcome  by  the  Cun- 
ning of  the  Woman,  going  to 
the  Hufband,  said,  that  He 
-tuas  univilling  to  bear  this  To 
hard  a  Province  longer; 
feeing         that  not         Argus 

indeed,  Who  ivas         all 

eyed,  could  be  able  to  keep  an  un- 
chafte  Woman :  He  add- 
ed moreover,  if  it  was  neceffary, 
that  He  had  rather  carry  down 
a  Sack  full  of  Fleas  into 
a  Meadow  daily  for  a  whole 
Tear,  and,  the  Sack  being  loofed, 
to  feed  Them  among  the  Grafs, 
and  in  the  Evening  to  bring  them 
back  all  Home,  than 

to  keep  an  unchafte  Wo- 
man one  Day, 


This 
Guards 


MoR. 

J^ct^/e   ^ows, 

are        fo 


»d 


that 
diligentf 


96 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JLSOP. 


Qui         valeant        cuftodire     Who      can      be     able 
impudicas  Mulieres.  unchaste  Women. 


FABLE    CXXXV. 


to     keep 


De  Wno  recusanteCXy- 
fleres. 

OUldam  r/r,  Germ  anus 
naf /one,admodum  dhesy 
aegrotabat ;  ud  curandum 
^uem  pJures  Medici 

accefferunt,  {etenim  Mufcae 
convolant  catervatim  ad 
Mel)  Unus  Quorum  di^ebat 
inter  Cetera,  effe 

Opus  Clyfteribus,  si  vel- 
let  convalescere ;  Quod 
cum  Vir  audiret,  infuetus 
Medicifne  hujufmodi,  per- 
citus  Furore,  jubet 

Medicos  ejici 

Domo,  dicens,  Eos 

tsse  infanos,  ^ui^  cum 
Caput       doleret,  vellent 

mederi  Podicem. 


Of  the  Man  refusing  Giy- 
fters. 

A  Certain    Man^     a     German 
by      nation,      very       rich, 
was  fick ;  to  cure 

Whom  many  Physicians 

came,  ffor         the  Flies 

fly  in  Heaps  to 

the  Honey)  One  of  Whom  said, 
among  other  Things,  th3.t  there  was 
N'eed  of  Clyfters,  //  He  was 
willing  to  grow  nvell ;  Which 
nvhen  the  Man  heard,  unufed 
to  a  Medicine  of  this  Kind,  mo- 
ved with  Anger,  He  commands 
the  Phyficians  to  be  cast  out 
of  the  Houfe,  saying,  that  They 
were         mad,  Who,  when 

the  Head  grieved,  Kvere  nvilling 
to  cure  the  Breech, 


Hsec 


MOR, 

Fabula 


indicat, 


Omnia,  quamvis  salutaria, 
videri  ^  afpera  Isf  obfii- 
tura  insuetis  Sc  incxper- 
tJs, 


MoK. 
This  Fable  fhows, 

iliat  all  Things,  altho*  healthful, 
feem  both  rough  and  hurt- 
ful to  the  unaccustomed  and  inex^ 
perienced* 


SELECT  FABLES  OFiESO?. 


FABLE  CXXXVL 


Dt  Afino     agrotante,    Sc 
Lupis  vifitantibus   Eum, 


A 


Sinus     agrotabaty       Sc 
Fama    exiveiat,    Eum 


cito  :      lofitui 


o 

venissent 


ad 


monturum 

cum       Lupi 

visendum    Eum,  ?j7'  peterent 

^  Filio,  quomodo  ejus  Paf^r 

valeret,    ///(?    rcfpondit   per 

Kimulam       Ostiij      melius, 

quain  velletis. 


Of  the  Afs  being  sick,  f.nd 
the  Wolves  vifiting  Hiju. 

THE  Afs  ivas  sick,  and 
Fa7ne  had  gone  out,  that  He 
would  die  quickly ;  Therefore, 
when  the  Wolves  had  come  to 
jee  Him,  and  afked 

o/"    the     Son,     how     his     father 
did,  jffe  an  f  we  red  f/iro' 

the    Chink    q/"  the    Door,    better, 
than  Ye  would  have  Him. 


MoR. 
Ha^c  Fabula  indicat, 
quad  Multi  fngunt  ferre 
Morttm  Aliorum  cum 
Moleftia,  ®wo^  tamen  cupi' 
unt  inter  ire  celeriter. 


MoR. 
This  Fable  fliows, 

that  Many  feign  to  beai 
the  Death  of  Others  roith 
Trouble,  Whom  yet  They  de- 
sire to  perifh  quickly. 


FABLE  CXXXVn. 


De  Nuce,  Asino,  Sc 
Muliere, 


0/the  Nut-tree,  the  Ass,  ai- 
the  Woman, 


QUxdam  Jifulier  inter- 
rogabat  Nucem  nafcen- 
tem  Viam  secus,  Quae  /m- 
petebatar '  ^7i-^\^  a  Fopulo 
prate  reunte,  quare  effet 
ita  amens,  ut  quo  cade- 
retur  pluribus  t?"  majoribus 
Verberibus,  eo  procrearet 
plures  Is"  prreftantiores 
Fructus  ?  Cui        inquit, 

Efne     immemor      Proverbii 


A    Certain  Woman         a  ik- 

ed a  Nut-tree,  grow- 
mg'by  the  Way-Side,  Which  wa:y5ea- 
ten  with  Stones  by  the  People 
pairing  by,  ivhy  It  was 
55  mad,  that  by  how  much  It  was 
beaten  with  more  and  greater 
Stripes,  by  fo  much  it  yielded 
more  cnc?  hetter 

Fruits  7      To       whom       it      said. 
Art  thou  unmindful  of  the  Proverb 


98 


SE 


:\>ECT 


FABLES  OF  iESOP. 


ds  cent  is  ita,  Niix^  A  fin  us, 
tf  Mulier,  sunt  Ugati 
simili     Lege.  HiCc    tria 

faciunt  Nil  re"c(^,  fi  Verbera 
ceflant. 


saying  thus,  A  Kut-tfeey  ati  Afs, 
oit/  a  Woman,  are  bound 
/^    a    like     Law.  TAese    three 

do  Nothing  rightly,  if  ^/owj 
ceafe. 


MoR. 

MOR. 

llarc 

Fabula      Indlcat, 

This               Fable               fhows, 

Homines 

frepe     jo/fre  con- 

that    Men     often     are     wont    to 

f  ode  re 

S£             propriis 

wound  Themselves  with  their  own 

Jaculis* 

Darts. 

FABLE  CXXXVin. 


Ue  Afino,  non  Invenientc 
Finem  Labor  urn. 

A  Sinus  angebatur  pluri- 
mum  hyberno  tempore, 
-qnvd  afilceretur  nimio 
Frigore,  is*  haberet  durum 
Vi£lum  Palearam  ;  quare 
optabat  vernam  Temperiem, 
^  teneras  Herbas.  Sed 
cum  Ver  adveniffet,  IS^ 
cogeretur  a  Domino, 
^u;  erat  Figulusy  deferre 
Argillam  in  Aream,  8c 
Lignum  ad  Fornacem,  & 
inde  Latexes  ^  Tegulas  ci 
diverfa  Loca ;  pertaeCus 
Veris,  in  ^uo  tolerabat 
tot  Labores,  sperabat 
JEftatem,  ut  Dorainus 
impeditus  MelTe 

pateretur  "Eumquiescer^;  Sed 
tunc  quoque,  citm  compcl- 
leretur  ferre  Meffes  in 
Arcam,  Sc  inde  Triticum 
Domum,    ncc    effet    Locus 


Of  the  A  is,  not  finding 
an  End  of  his  Labours* 

THE  Afs  was  grieved  veiy 
much  in  winter  Time, 
that  He  -was  d^fftO-cd  with  too  much 
Cold,         and         had  hard 

Meat  ef  Chaff;  therefore 
He  desired  the  Spring  Season, 
and  the  tender  Grais.  But 
•when  Spring  came,  and 
He  was  compelled  by  the  Mafter, 
Who  was  a  Potter,  to  carry 
Clay  into  the  Tard,  and 
Wood  to  the  Furnage,  and 
thence  Bricks  and  Tiles  to 
divers  Places ;  tired 

of  the  Sprijig  in  Which  He  bore 
JO  ?«aw)'  Labours,  He  hoped  for 
Suiiimer,  that  the  Mafter 
being  hindered  by  the  Harvcft 
*ivould  suffer  Him  to  rest ;  But 
tAen  alfo,  when  he  was  com- 
pelled to  bear  the  Corn  into 
the  Barn,  and  ^A^ncc  the  Wheat 
Home,     nor     was     there      Space 


SELECT  FAi3i:i^^F.^S0P. 


101 


(^uieti  Sibi ;  faltem  sperabat 
Autumnum  fore  Finem 
Laborum  :  Sed,  cum  ne 
tunc  quoque  ctrneret  Finem 
Malorum,  cum  quotidie 
Vinum,  Poma,  &  Lignum 
effent  porianda^  rurfiis 
efflagitabat  Nivem  15* 
Glacicm  Hyemis^  ut  tunc 
faltem  aliqua  Requies  con- 
cederetur  Sibi  a  tantis 
Laborjbus, 


for  Reft/or  if/m;  at  leafl:  He  hopea 
that  Autumn  ivould  be  the  End 
of  his  Labours  r  But,  when  not 
r/if/i  alfo  Be  perceived  an  End 
o/  Evils,  feeing  that  daily 
Wine,        Apples  y        and  JVood 

■^vere  ^o  be  carried,  again 
//?  longed  for  the  Snow  <:rja 
Ice  (7/^  Winter,  that  /Af/i 
at  leaJl  some  Reft  w/^/if  ^fr 
granted  to  Him  /rom  fo  great 
Labours. 


MOR. 

Hacc  Fabula  indicat, 
esse  nulla  Tempora  prxfen- 
tis  Vita,  Qua:  n(9n  5W7if  fub- 
jeda  perpetuis  Laboribus. 


MoR. 
This  Fable  fiiows, 

that  there  are  no  Tiutes  of  the  pie- 
fcnt  Life,  Which  are  net  fuh- 
jedl  ro  perpetual  Labours» 


FABLE  CXXXIX. 

Be     Mure,     Q.r/i      volebat     Of  the    Moufe,   rr/w  was   willing- 
con/rflAffrf  Amicitiamrum  fo   contract   a    Friendlhip    a-i/Zi 

Fele.  the  Cat, 


COniplurcs  31ures,  com- 
morantes  in  Cavo 
Parietis,  contemplabantur 
Felem,  Quje  incumbcbat  in 
Tabulato,  ■  Capita 

demisso,  &  /r/^t/  Vultu. 
Tunc  Unus  ex  iis  inquit,  Hoc 
Animal  videtur  admodum 
benignum,  \St         mite  ; 

etenim  prasfert  quondam 
Sanctimoniam  ipfo  Fiw/fu  ; 
Volo         alloqui.  Ipfam, 

b*  neAera  indissolubilem 
Amicitiam  cum  Ea  ;  ^<e 
cum    dixissety    8c    accessis' 


MAny  iI//Vtf,  dweH- 

ing'         in  the       Hollow 

o/  «'  ?F^//,  efplod 

a  Cat,  Who  /jv      .  on. 

the  boarded  Floor,  ^vith  her  Head 
hung  doivn,  and  a  sad  CoMntenance, 
^'         ^  "^     '  "    ""   is 


^.7/t/,    Th 


very 
mild  ; 


T^/ifn    One    of  them 
Animal  feems 

kind  o;zi/ 

/or  She  ihows  ^  certain 
Sanctity  in  Her  very  Countenance; 
I  am  willing,  fo  j*ccA  to  Her, 
and  to  knit  an  indissoluble 
Friendlhip  7t'/f  A  Her;  f^A/VA  Things 
when   ^(?   Aflfi  jo/i/,  and  had  up- 


'"T^-f^^^^rf^^^^ 


98  SeW.P.T  r^^xTiSLES  OF  ^ESOP. 

'e:     propius,     erat    captus,  proached    nearer,    He  'was  taken, 

43*     dilaceratus        a      Fele.  and   torn    to    pieces   by    the    Cat. 

Tunc  CsBteri,  vidcntes  Ho^,  Then      the     Reft,     seeing  This, 

ciebant       Secuin,      profecto  said       with       Themfelves,  truly 

non    eft    credendum    teniere  It    is    not     to    be     trusted  raftily 

Vultiii,  to  the  Countenance, 


MOR. 

Ksc  Tabula  innuit, 
Homines  non  t^c  judicandos 
e  Fultu,  fed  ex  Opefibus  ; 
ium ^  atroces  Lupi  faepe 
dclirlhiant  fub  ov/zia  Pelle. 


MoR. 
This  Table  hints, 

that  Men  are  not  to  be  judged 
by  f/itf  Countenance jhut bj  Works  ; 
seeing  that  fierce  Wolves  often 
//e  A/t/  under  a  Sheep's  Skin. 


FABLE     CXL. 


Be  Afiiio,  ^ui  fers^icbat 
iui'-rato  H^ro. 


Of  the  Afs,  IVho  ferved. 
an  ungrateful  Mafter. 


1«^ 


Sinus,  ^ui  ferviverat 
ir.grato  Hero  multos 
Annos  inoffcnso  Pede, 
semel^  ut  ft,  dam  e^icr 
prtlFus  gravi  Sarcina,  i^ 
incederet  salebrosd  Via, 
recidebat  fub  Onere.  Turn 
iniplaccbilis  Dominus  cam- 
pelUhut  Eum  surgere  multis 
rerberibusy  nuncupans 

ignaDum  ^  pigrum  Animal. 
yit  Mifer  Asinus  dicebat 
o  cMW,  inter  A^'c  Verba ra, 
Infelix  Erjo,^«/ fortitus  fum 
i(3;/iingratum  Herum  I  Nam 
Cjuamvis  ferviverim  Ei  muko 
Tempore  fine  OJ'ensd,  tamen 
tion  compensat  hoc  unum 
Deliclum  meis  tot  pri^tinis 
Bcnsficiis, 


THE  Afs,  Who  had  ferved 
cw  ungrateful  Mafter  many 
Years  with  an  inoffensive  Foot, 
once,  as  it  happens^  whilft  He  was 
preffed  with  a  Jieavy  Load,  and 
went  in  an  uneven  Way, 
fell  under    the    Burden.  Then 

the  implacable  Mafter  com- 
pelled Him  to  rise  with  many 
Blows.,  calling  Him 

an  idle  and  dull  AnimaL 
But  the  miferable  Ass  Hiid 
w/tA  Himself  among  these  Stripes, 
Unhappy  I,  Who  have  got 
JO  ungrateful  a  Master!  For 
altho*  I  have  fcrvcd  ^//n  a  long 
Time  without  Offence,  yet 
He  does  not  weigh  this  one 
Fault  with  my  fo  many  former 
Benefits, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


101 


MOR.  MOR. 

Haec   Tabula   confidla  eft         This       Fable       was        feigned 

in     Eos,      %ui    immemores  against     Thofe,     JVho     unmindful 

,  Benejiciorurn         collatoium  of  Benefits  conferred 

I  Sibty     profeqiiuntur      etiatn  on     Themselves^     profecute     even 

niinimam    Ofensam   fui  Be-  the    leaft;    Offenze     of    their    Be- 

!  nefactoribus     in     Se    atroci  nefactor    on     Him    with    a    cruel 

Poena,  Funis  hment. 


FABLE  CXLL 


De     Lupo,     suadente   Hif- 
trici,         ut         deponcret 


sua 


Tela. 


Cytlie  Wolf,  persuading  xhz  Por- 
cupine, that  She  would  lay  down 
her  Darts, 


Lupus  esuriens  int<?n- 
derat  Animum  in  His^ 
triceniy  Quam  tamen  non  au- 
debat  invadere^  quia  erat 
mvnita  undique  Sagittis, 
Autem  Astutid  excogitata 
perdendi  Earn,  capit  fua- 
dere  ////,  •  ne  porta- 
ret  tantum  Ortus  Telorum 
Tcrgo  Tempore  Pacis, 
quandoquidem  Sagittarir  non 
portarent  Aliquid,  nisi  cum 
Tempus  Praelii  instaret : 
Cui  Histrix  inquit. 

Est  credendum  semper  effe 
Tempus  prxUandi  adversus 
Lupum. 

MoR. 
Hs2C       Fabula        innuit, 
sapientem     Virum    opQrtere 
femper  esse       munitum 

adversus  Fraudes  Inimico- 
rum,  &.  Hostium, 


THE  Wolf  hungering  had 
bent  his  Mind  upon  the  Por- 
cupine, Which  nevertheless  He  dar- 
ed not  to  at  tacky  becaufe  She  was 
fortified  every  where  with  Darts. 
But  a  Cunning  being  thought  on 
of  destroying  Her,  He  began  to  per- 
fuade  Hery  that  She  would  not 
carry  sj  great  a  Burden  of  Darts 
on  her  Back  in  a  Time  of  Peace, 
seeing  that  the  Archers  did  not 
carry  Any  Thing,  unless  when 
the-  Time  of  Battle  approached : 
To  whom  the  Porcupine  faid, 
It  is  to  be  believed  always  to  be 
a  Time  of  fighting  against 
a  Wolf.  . 

MOR. 

Thi»  Fable  hints, 

that       a       wise       Man       ought 
always  to         be  fortified 

against       Deceits         of        Ene-^ 
mies,  and  Foes, 


K  2 


102 


3El.iaT  ¥A8tES  OF  ^SO?. 


FAl^LS    CXUI- 


X)^  Mure  Hbei^ante 

MUS,  conspicatu^ 

Milvum  implicitum 
J^2iquco  ^ucupis,  mifertuseft 
Avis,  quamvis /«/mec<e  Sibi; 
Vinculisque  abrofis 

DentiSuSy  fecit  Viam 
Sibi     eyoland^l.  Mil;vns, 

immemor  tanti  Beneficii^ 
iibi  vidit  Se  solutum^ 
corripiens  Alurem  fulpican- 
tem  Nil  tale,  l.ac^ravtt, 
Unguibus,  h^  Roftro.. 

MoR.. 
Hbqc      Mabula       indicali, 
malignos  Vivos  solere  repen- 
(ler€    G.ratias    hu^ua    ik(?<;^A 
Tuis  Bfnefaclhai^ibus^ 


Q/" the  Mouse  freeiiig 
theK«TK, 

THii    Moufe,    having    tfpi^d 
the       ,  Kite  entm^M. 

in  the  Snare  o/"  f  Ae  Fowler,  pitied 
the  Bird,  altho'  nn  Enemy  to  Her  ; 
<7?ic/  tAe  Bands  being  gnawed 
ivith  her  Teeth,  She  made  a  Way 
foF  her  oj  jiying  qui.  The  Kite, 
unmin^ul  of  fo  great  Biin^ft, 
when  ife  jaw  Hinnfelf  looked, 
feizing  the  Mouse  fufped- 
ing  no  f^<fh  Thing,  t-Qt^e  Ihr 
with  he?  Claws,  «»;((  Bill,.. 


MOR. 

Thl%  .  i^c^/^ 

ihpt  wioked.  Mea  «f'^ 
pay      Thanks      oC 
tQ  their  B^ttefacto^^, 


Viont  to.  re- 


f  ABLE,  CXUII, 


jD^  CoeHlei  pp.tentf  k  Jom^ 
ut    ^      j&055et  fcfr^j 

^«^«i  DomuTO  Secmm» 

CUM   Jupiter,   ab     £j;- 
orc//o  Mundi, 

elargiretur  fingulis  Animu- 
lihus  Munera,  ^u<e  peti- 
iffem.  Cochlea  petiit 
a<J'         Eo,         Mf  poffet 

oircumferre  fuajn  Domiim, 
Interrogata  «  Jove,  guare 
cxpolteret  tale    Munus    ab 


(^  the  Sn?kU  ^sirin^  of  JupiNK, 
that  ^A^  might  be  abh  to  beajr- 
Uer  Houfe  mth  Mer. 


W 


HEN  Jupiter,  from  *Afl  Jt«- 
ginning    of    the    World,. 


bestonved  on 

»ia/j     the     Gifts,, 

bad.    defired,    the 

o/"  Hipk  «Aa*   She   inight  be  able 

to       bear       obout       her      Hou^e^ 

Being     afked     by. 


all  Ani'- 

Which     They 
SnaiL  .  defired 


Jupiter,     why 


She  demanded  such  a  Gift  fror 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iLSOP. 


105 


Eo,  ^U6d  fuUirum  erat 
^rave^  Sc  moUstum  illi, 
inqttit,  malo  ferre  tarn 
grave  Onus  perpeiuo,  quam 
tK7N  poiTe  titara  malum 
VicinHviy  cum  Jl/iAi  libucrit. 


MOR. 

Hasc       Fabula 
Vicinitatem 
fugiendam     omni 
modo» 


indicat, 
Malorum 


Him^  Which         would  be 

heavy,  and  troublesome  to  Her 
.S/ie  5fl/<i,  I  had  rather  bear  fo 
heavy  a  Burden  perpetually,  than 
Rot  to  be  able  ra  avoid  a  bad 
Neighbour ywh^n  I  lift, 

MoR. 
This  /'«(^/tf  fhews^ 

that  the  Neighbourhood oih?i6.  Men 
»5  to  be  avoided  -with  every  Dis- 
advantage, 


FABLE  CXLIV, 


D#  H«iintceotf//c»wtfe 
Viperam  Jhspitem» 

HErinaceus,  pi'^s^ntiens 
Hyemem  aihentare, 
rogavit  Viperam^  ut  conce- 
deret  Locum  Sibi  in  sua 
Caverna  adversus  Vira 
Frigoris ;  Quod  c«w  Ilia 
/ecisset,  Herinaceus,  pervol- 
vtHS  Se  /iwc  atque  illuc, 
pimgebat  Viperam  Aeu- 
min«  Spinarnm,  &  tarquebat 
vehementer  ;  ///a  videns  .J^ 
maid  tra<:tafam  quando 
fufcepit  Herinaceum  Hofpi- 
tio,  orabat  Eum  blandis 
Verbis,  ut  exiret, 

cum     Locus     esset       nimis 
angustus     duobus.  Cui 

Herinaceus       inquit,      Ex- 
eat,    ^/     nequit     manere 


hie ;     quare 
tiensy     non 


Vipera     sen- 
elTe      Locum 


Qf  the  Hedge-Hog,  easting  ffut 
the  Viper  i/*r  ifojf. 

THE  Hcdge-Hog,  perteiving 
the  Winter  fc?  approach, 
aiked  jAe  >^*/)er,  that  She  would 
grant  a  Place  to  Hi  in  m  ker 
Cavern  against  the  Extremity 
of  the  Cold;  Which  ivhen  She 
/iflj  done,  the  Hedge-Hog,  ro//- 
in^  Himfelf  hither  and  thither, 
pricked  the  Viper  with  the  Sharp- 
nefs  of  his  Darts,  and  tor  merited  Her 
vehemently,  She  feeing  Herself 
ill  treated,  when 

She  took  Mtf  Hedge^Hog  Gueft- 
wlfe,  entreated  Him  7r;V/i  /a/r 
Words,  Met  He  would  go  out, 
^ee/n^  Mflf  the  Place  nvas  too 
narroiv    for    both.  7o    wAow 

the  Hedge-Hog  said.  Let  Him 
go  out,  Who  cannot  abide 
here  ;  wherefore  the  Viper  />fr- 
ceiving,    there  was    not    a   //flt£? 


104 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iiSOP 


Sibi        ibi^ 
ex  Hospitio» 


ceflit       illinc 


MoR, 
Hjcc  i^d!(5M/a  indicat,  jEoj 
non  efle  admittendos  in  Con- 
sort iuniy  Qui  possunt  ejicere 
^os. 


for  Her    there,     departed    thence 
out  of  her  Lodging. 

MoR. 

This  Fable  fliows,  that  They 
are  not  fo  6e  admitted  into  i^^/* 
loxvshipy  Who  erf  a(^/e  to  call  out 
Us, 


FABLE  CXLV 


i}f  quodam  Agric§la  ^ 
Poetd. 


O 


.Uidam  Agricola  acce- 
'dens  ad  Poctam,  cujus 
Agros  col^baty  cum  offen- 
dissetY,um  solum  interLibros, 
interrogabat  Eum  quo 
Pacto  poffet  vivere  ita.  solus? 
Cui  Ille  inquit,  Tantum 
coepi  esse  folus,  postquam 
advenifli  hue. 


O/a  certain  Husbandman  and 


A 


Certain  Husbandman  com- 
ing to  a  Poet,  whose 
Fields  He^  ploughed^  when  i/i?  Ac  J 
found  Him  c/o/iff  among  /^/i-  Books ^ 
afked  if/m,  by^  what 

Means  He  was  able  ^o  //tJtf  fo  alone? 
To  whom  if(?  faid,  /  only 
began  to  be  alone,  since 
You  came  hither. 


MoR. 
Hac      F.abula       indicit, 
eruditos  Viros,    ^w/    conti- 
nuo         stipantur        Turba 
doctissimorum  Virorum, 

tunc  effe  solos ^   ciim  fuerint 
inter  ilUteratos  Homines. 


MoR. 
This  Fable  (liows, 

that  learned  Men,  JTAo  conti- 
nually are  thronged  with  a  Crowd 
of  the  most  learned  Men, 
then  are  alone,  when  they  arc 
amongft  illiterate  Fellows. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JE.SOT. 


105 


FABLE  CXLVL 


De  Lupo, 
Ovisy  I 
Gregem. 


induto     Pelle 
li      devorabat 


Lupus,      htdutiis      Felle 
Ovisy      immifciiit      Se 
Gregi  OviujUy  k 

quotidie  occldebat  Aliquam 
ex  Eis :  Quod  cum  Pa- 
ftor  animadvertisset,  fufpen- 
dit  Ilium  in  altissimd. 
Arbore.  Autem  caeteris 
Pastor ihus  interrogantibus, 
cur  lufpendiffet  Ovem, 
aiebat,  ^uidcm  Pcllis  est 
Ovis,  ut  videtis  ;  autem 
Opera  era/2f  Lupi. 

MoR. 

Hacc  Fabula  indicat, 
Hoynines  noii  efie  judican- 
dos  ex  UaditUy  led  ex 
Ope  rib  us  ;  qiioniam  Multi 
faciunt  Lupin  a  Opera  fub 
ycstimentis  Oviura. 


0/the  Wolf,  clothed  with  the  Skii» 
of  the  Sheep,  Who  devoured 
the  Flock, 

A  Wolf,  clothtd  with  the  Skin 
of  a  Sheep,  mixed  Himself 
with  a  Flock  of  Sheep,  and 
daily  flew  some  One 

of  'Ihem:  Which  when  the  Shep- 
herd had  observed,  He  hang- 
ed Him  on  a  very  high 
Tree.  But  the         other 

Shepherds  aiking, 

nvhj  He  had  hung  the  Sheep, 
He  faid,  Indeed  the  Skin  is 
a  Sheep's,  as  you  fee;  but 
the  Works  were  a  Wolf's. 


This 

that     Men 
ed        by 
Works  ; 


MoR. 
Fable 


fliow: 


are     not  to  be  judg- 

Habit,         but  by 

because  Many 

under 


do         Wolves'       Works 
the  Cloathings  of  Sheep, 


FABLE  CXLVn. 

De   Cane    occidente   Oves     Of  the   Dog   killing   the   Sheet" 
j«/  Domini.  o/'/i/.y  Mailer. 


QUidam  Pastor  dederat 
suas  Oves  Cani  cufto- 
dicndas,  pascens  Ilium 
optimis  Cibis.  -^f  Ille  5^/>e 
occidebat  aliquam  Ovem ; 
cum   Pc.stor  animad- 


A  Certain   Shepherd  had  given 
his  Sheep  fo  /i/j  Dog  to  be 
kept,  feeding  Him 

w/M  f/ze  ^£?j^  Meats.  But  He  o/fen 
killed  jome  one  Sheep ; 
Jr/</V/i  when  the  Shepherd  had  ob- 


10$ 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


vertiffet,  capiens  Canem, 
volebat       occidere  Etim, 

Cui  Cants  iiiquit,  '^are 
cupis  perdere  Me  ? 

Sum  unus  ex  tuis  domesticis; 
potius  interjicc  Lupum,  ^/ 
continuo  insidiatur  tuo 
Ovili,  Imo,  inquit  Pa- 
ftor,  Puto  Te  magis  dlgnum 
iI/or/e',quamZ,M/ji/m:  Etenlm 
Ille  profitetur  Se  meum 
Hostem  palarii ;  •cerb  Tu,  sub 
Specie  Amicitia^  quotidie 
imminuis  meum  Gregem, 


ferved,       taking         the  Dog, 

He     ivas    tvilling    to     kill    Him. 
To  whom  the  Dog  faid,  Wherefore 
doil  Thou  defire   to   destroy  Me  ? 
/     am     one    o/"    thy  Domestics ; 
rather     ^/o)»     the       Wolf,       Who 
continually    lays    'to ait    for     your 
Sheepfold,     Nay,   j^5  the   Shep- 
herd^  I  think    You    more  worthy  j 
of  Deaths     than   the   Wolf:     For  ' 
He        prcfeffes       Himself        my 
Enemy  openly  ;     but   Thon,  under' 
the     Show     of    Friendship^    daily 
diminishest  my  Flock, 


MoR. 
Hac  Fabula  indicat,  £o^ 
effe  puniendos  longe  magis^ 
Qui  ladunt  Nos  jm/^  Specie 
Amicitia,  quam  ^u/  pro- 
fitentur  6"^  noflros  Inimicos 
palam. 


MOR. 

This  Jfi^/e  lliows,  that  They 
are  fo  ^e  punished  by  far  «lor^, 
Who  hurt  Us  «ncfer  a  Pretence 
of  Friends  hip  i  than  TAey  JF/jopro- 
fefs  Themselves  our  Enemies 
openly. 


FABLE  CXLVIIL 


i?e  Ariete  pugnante  cum 
Tauro. 


0/*the  RAiAjightiHg  with 
f/ie  Bull. 


ERAT       quidam     Aries 
/«f^r        Oves,  ^m/ 

habebat  few  firmum  Caput 
&  Cornua^  ut  statim  8c 
facile  fuperaret  cateros 
Ariete s ;  yware  cum  inveniret 
nullum  Arieteni  amplius, 
^i  auderet  obsisterc  Sibi 
eccursantiy  elatus 

erehris  ViAoriis,  ausus  est 
provocare  Taurum,  ad  Pug- 
tiatns  fed  ^r/mo  GongrefTu, 


THERE  was  a  certain  Ram 
among  the  Sheep,  PTAo 
had  ^0  firm  a  Head 
and  Horns,  that  presently  and 
cflj//y  He  overcame  Me  ofAer 
Rams ;  ivherefore  when  /ztf  /ownc/ 
jio  Rani  move, 

^r/io  dared  to  'withstand  Him 
running  against  Him,  puffed  up 
^v it h  frequent  Viaories,  he  dared 
to  provoke  «  Bull  to  i3aN 
f/f;     but     at    the    first     Onfet, 


SE.LECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


107 


cum  arietavilTet  in 

Frontem  Taurij  eft  reper- 
cuffus  tam  ttroci  /ctw, 
ut  fere  moriens,  diceret 
hasc,  StuUiis  Ego  I 

quid  e^-i  ?  Cur  -aufus  i'um 
iacessere  tam  potuntem  Ad- 
verfarium,  Cui  Natura 
creavit  Me  imparem  ? 

MoR. 
Hxc   Fabula   indlcat,  non 
esjeceitandmn   cum  poten- 
tioribus. 


tuhen  He  had  butted  against 
the  Forehead  of  the  Bully  He  was 
ftruck  back  with  so  cruel  a  Blow, 
that  almost  dying,  He  said 
thefe  Words,  Fool  that  I  ami 
what  have  I  done  ?  Why  dared  I 
to  provoke  lb  powerful  an  Ad- 
verlary,  fo  rFAom  Nature 
AatA  created  Me  unequal  ? 

Moil. 
This      /"a^/e     {hows,      tAaf     it 
/j  not  to  be  ftrove  w/f A  the  more 
powerfuL 


FABLE   GLXIK. 


De   Aquila  rapiente    Filios 
Cuniculi. 

AOyiLA,  nidulata  in 
altissimd  Avborc,  ra- 
puerat  Filios  Cuniculi, 
Qui  pascebatur  non  long} 
illinc,  in  Prscdam  suorum 
Pullorum  ;  ^uam  Cuni- 
culus  orabat  blandis  Verbis, 
ut  dignaretur  reftituere 
suos  Filios  Sibi  ;  At  Ilia, 
arbitrans  Eum  tSc  pusillum 
Sc  terrestre  Animal, 
dilacerabat  Eos  Unguibus, 
Quos  apponebat  fuis  Pullis 
epulandos  in  Confpcdlu 
Matris:  Tuns  Cuniculus, 
commotus  Morte  fuoruni 
Filiorum,  hand  permifit 
hanc  Injuriam  abire  impu- 
nitani  ;  etenim  effbdit 
Arhorem^     radicitus,      ®i«e 


0/the  Eagle  snatching  the  Young 
of  the  Coney. 

THE  Eagle  having  built  a  nest  in 
a  very  high  Tree,  had  snatch^ 
ed  away  the  Young  of  the  Coney, 
Who  was  fed  not  far 
from  thence,  for  the  Prey  of  her 
Young ;  When  the  Co- 
ney besought  with  fair  Words, 
that  She  would  vouchsafe  to  reftore 
her  Young  to  Her ;  But  She, 
fuppofing  Him  to  be  a  little 
and  earthly  Animal, 

tore  Them  with  her  Talons, 
Which  She  put  to  her  Young 
to  eat  in  the  Sight 
of  the  Dam ;  Then  the  Coney, 
moved  at  the  Death  of  her 
Toung  permitted  not 

this  Injury  to  go  unpunifli- 
ed ;  for  She  dug  up 
the    Tree   by    the   Roots,   Whitk 


108 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP. 


fuftlnebat  Nidum^  Quae 
procidens  levi  Impnlsu 
Ventorum,  dejccit 

Pullos  AquiU  adhuc  implu- 
tnes  m  Humum,  Qui 
depasti  a  F^ris  prze- 
buerunt  Solatium  Doloris 
Corniculo, 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indicat,  Ne- 
minem  fretum  sua  Potentia 
dfe<^(fredefpiceie  imbecilliores^ 
cum  aliquando  infirmiores 
ulciscantiir  Injurias  poten- 
tiorum* 


FABLE     CL. 


Ve     Lupo,      Pisce     Pluvii, 

affectante  Regnum 

Maris, 

ERAT  LupuSf  in  quo- 
dam  Amne,  ^m/  ex- 
cedebat  cateros  Pifces 
ejiisdem  Fluminis  in  Pul- 
ehritudine,  3IagnitudineyZC 
Robore  ;  unde  Omne^s  admi- 
rabantur,  13"  afficiebant 
Eum  mazimo  Honore ; 
quare  elatus  Superbia 
c£pit  appetere  majorem 
Principatum.  Igitur  Am- 
ne relictOy  in  ^uo  regna- 
verat  multos  Annos,  ingres- 
sus  est  Mare,  ut  vendi- 
caret  Regnam  Ejus  Si- 
bi ;  fed  offendens  Delphi- 
Rum     mir<s     Magnitudinis, 


O/the  Pike,  a  Fish  of  the  River, 

ajfecting  the  Dominion 

of  the  Sea, 

THERE  Avas  a  Pike^  in  a  cer- 
tain  River,  Whe  ex- 
ceeded the  other  Fifhes 
of  the  same  River  in  Fair- 
re  fs,  Greatness^  and 
Strength ;  whence  All  admir- 
ed, and  affeded 
Him  with  the  greatefl  Honour  i 
wherefore  puffed  up  with  pride 
He  began  to  defire  greater 
Command.  Therefore  the  Ri- 
ver being  left^  in  Which  He  had 
reigned  many  Years,  He  entered 
into  the  Sea,  that  he  might  chal- 
lenge the  Dominiofi  of  It  fo  Him- 
self; but  finding  a  Dol- 
phin of   a    ivonderful    Greatnefsj 


fullained  the  Nest,  which 
falling  with  a  light  Blast  \ 
of  the  Winds,  threw  down 
the  Young  of  the  Eagle,  as  yet  Mn* 
f  edged  upon  the  Ground,  Who 
being  eat  up  by  the  wild  Beasts  af- 
forded Comfort  of  Grief 
to  the  Cofiej., 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fhows,  that  n# 
Ma7i  relying  on  his  Power 
ought  to  defpife  the  Weaker, 
feeing  that  sometimes  the  Weaker 
revenge  the  Injuries  of  the  more 
powerful. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .£SOP. 


ioJ 


(  ^ui  regnabat  in  IIlo,  est 
'  ita  insectatus  ab  ///o,  ut  cu- 
,  fugiens  vix  ingrederetur 
I  Oftium  Jmnis,         unde 

ausus  est  exiie  now  amplius, 

MOR. 

Hsec  Fabula  admonet  iVbj, 
ut  contenti  noltris  Rebus^ 
ne  appetamus,  i|j/(tr  fuut 
/(Cn^^  inajora  nostris  Viribus. 


rrAc7  reigned  /n  It,  /Te  Tyo^^ 
fo  pursued  by  ^/;»,  that  fjin^ 
away  fcarce  could  he  enter  into 
the  Mouth  of  the  River,  whence 
He  durst  to  go  out  7ij  more. 

Mo», 
This     Fabie      admonifhes     Us) 
that  coiiteiit  with  our  own  Things^ 
We     do    not    defire,     What    are 
^/ar  greater  f/iiiu  oar  Strength. 


FABLE   CLI. 


Dc  OVE  convitiaiite 
Paftori. 

OVis  conv'itiabaturVz- 
ftori,  ^uW  non  con- 
tentus  Lade,  ^uod  mul- 
gebat  ab  Ea  rn  fuum  Usum, 
&  t/^wm  Filiorum, 

insuper  denudaret  Illam 
Vcllere.  Tunc        Paftbr 

iratus  trahebat  ejus  Filiuni 
ad  Mortem.  Ovis  inquit, 
^id  pejus  pates  facere 
Mihi?  Paftor  inquit,  ut 
occidam  Te,  in'  projiciam 
devorandam  Lupis  ^ 
Canibus.  Ovis         filuit, 

formidans  adhuc  major  a 
Mala. 


Of  the  Sheep  railing  ou 
the  Shepherd. 

A  Sheep  railed  on  a  Shep- 
herd, that  not  con- 
tent  with  the  Milk,  Which  He 
milked  from  Her  for  his  own  Use, 
and  Me  C/^^e  of  his  Children, 
moreover  He  Gripped  Jier 
of  the  Fleece.  T/^t'/7  the  Shepherd 
angry  dragged  her  Young  one 
to  Death.  The  Sheep  fays. 
What  worfe  are  Ten  able  to  do 
to  Me  ?  The  Shepherd  sqysn,  that 
I  may  A/// Thee,  o«(/ throw  thee  out 
to  be  devoured  by  the  Wolves  and 
Dogs.  The  Sheep  held  her  Peace, 
fearing  yet  greater 

Evils. 


MOR. 

Hc;c  Fabula  indicat, 
Homines  non  deberc  excan- 
descere  in  Deum<,^i  permittat 
Divitias  55*  Filios  auferri 
Ipfis ;  f«;n  poffit 

inferre    ctiam    majora  Sup- 


MoR. 


This  /ii^/tf  fiiows, 

that  Men  ought  not  to  grovj 
warm  againfl:  God,  \i  He permitteth 
Riches  and  Children  to  be  taken 
from  Them  ;  ivhen  He  is  able 
to    bring    even    greater     Punilh- 


no 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JISOP, 


plicia    Ipsis     8c     viverUudus 
&  mortuis» 


mentg    upon    Them    both    living 
and  daacL 


TABLE  CLII. 


De  Auriga  t?*  Rota 
Currus  stridente. 


AUriga  interrogabat 

Currura,  quare 

Pcota,  ^u£  erat  deterior, 
ftrideret,  cum  cxteri  non 
/acerent         idem  ?  Cui 

"Currus  inguit,  ^groti 
temper  confueverunt  ess€ 
morofi  tJf  queruli. 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indicat,  Mala 
iemp  T  solere  impellere 
Homines  ad  ^uerimoniam. 


MOR. 

This  Fable  fhows, 
always  are  wont 
Men  to  Complaint. 


that 
to 


Evils 
drive 


FABLE  CLIII. 


De  Viro  volente  experiri 
Amicos. 

QUidam  Vir  admodum 
dives  Sc  liberalise 
nabebat  magnam  Copiam 
Amicorum^  Quos  sape  invi- 
tabat  ad  Coenam  ;  ad  Quern 
cccedebant  libentiffime. 

Autem  volens  experiri^  an 
eiTent  Jideles  Sibi 

in  Laboribus  ist  Periculis, 
^onvocavit  Eos  omnes,  di- 
cejis,   Inimicos    effe  obortos 


Of  the  Man  'willing  to  try 
his  Friends. 

A  Certain  Man  very 

rich  and  liberal, 

had  a  great  Abundance 
of  Friends,  Whom  often  He  in- 
vited to  Supper ;  to  Whom 
They  ivent  moft  willingly. 
But  willing  to  try,  whether 
They  would  be  faithful  to  Him 
in  Labours  and  Dangers, 
He  called  together  Them  all,  fay- 
ing, that  JLnemies  were   risen  up 


Of  the  Waggoner  and  the  Wheel 
of  the  Waggon  creaking. 

THE  Waggoner  asked 
the  Waggon,  iixkerefore  j 
the  Wheel,  Which  was  worse, 
creaked,  when  the  reft  did 
not  do  the  fame  ?  To  whom 
the  Waggon  said,  The  Sick 
always  have  ufed  io  be 
morofe  an  J  complainings 


\  v^ 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOP. 


Sibi,  ^os  ftatuit 

occidere  ;  quare,  Arm  is  cor- 
rcptis,  irent  Secum, 

ut  ulciscerentur  Injuriaa 
illatas  Sibi.  Turn  Omnes 
catperunt       cxculare  5<f, 

prseter  Duos.  Igitur,  ceteris 
repudiatis,  habuit  tantum 
Illos  Duos  in  Numero 
Amicorum. 


again  ft   Hvm,    Whom   He   irfolved 
to    kill;     wherefore,    Arms   being 
taken  up,  they  should  go  with  Him  5^ 
x.h2L\.They  might  re-oen^c  the  Injuries 
offered     to      Him.  Then      All 

began  to  excufc  Themselves^ 
except  Tiao,  Therefore,  the  rest 
being  reje(fled.  He  held  only 
Those  Two  in  the  Number 
ef  Friends. 


MoR.  MoR. 

Haec   Tabula   indicat,  ad-  This    fable     ihows,     that     ad- 

versam          Fortunam       esse  verse                    Fortune                   is 

optimum           Experimentum  the               be  ft               Experiment 

Amicitiae.  of  Friendfliip- 


FABLE  CLIV. 


De  Vulpe  laudante  Carnem 
Leporis  Cani. 

CUM     VuJpes     fiigeretur 
a     Cane,    IJJ     jainjani 
tsset  capienda,  nee 

cognofcerat  tdlam  aliam 
Viam  evadendi,  inquity  O 
Canis^  quid  cup  is  perde- 
rc  Me,  cujus  Caro  non  po- 
teft  esse  ulli  Usui  Tibi  ? 
cape  potius  ilium  Leporem  ; 
(etenim  Lepus  aderat  prope) 
cujus  carnem  Mortales  dicunt 
esse  fuarillimam,  Tgitur 
Canis,  motus        Confilio 

Vulpis,  Vulpe       omissdy 

infecutus  eft  Leporem;  Quern 
tamen  non  potuit  capere  ob 
ejus  incredibilem  Veloci' 
tatem,      Poft    paucos    Dies 


Of  the  Fox  praising  the  Flefh 
of  the  Hare  to  the  Dog. 


w 

xvas 
knew 
Way 
Dog, 
ftroy 


Hen  the  i^ex  was  put  to  flight 
by  the  Dog,  and  juft    now 
to        be        catched,        nor 
any  other 

of   efcaping,     He     said,     O 
why  dost  Thou  desire  to  dc- 
Me,     whofe      Flesk      can- 
not   be    of    any     Use    to     Thee  ? 
take         rather  that  Hare ; 

(for  the  Hare  nvas  nigh) 
Kvhose         Fle/h  Men  far 

is     moft     fweet.  Therefore 

the  Dog,  moved  with  the  Counfcl 
of  tfw  Fox,  the  Fox  beiiig  let  alone, 
purfued  the  Hare  ;  Which 
yet  He  could  not  take  for 
her  incredible  Sivift- 

n£ss.         After       a      few      Days 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP- 


Lepus  conveniens  Vulpem 
accufabat  Earn  veheiaen- 
ter,  (etenim  audierat  ejus 
Verba)  qiild  demorifliaiTet 
Se         Cani.  Cui 

Vulpes  inquity  Lepus,  quid 
ace  11  fas  Me^  cum  laudavi 
Te  tantopere  ?  Quid 

diceresy  fi  vituperdsst^m 
Te? 


the     Hare       meeting 
accuftd  Her 

ly,     (for      He     had 
Words)    because    She 
Him    to    the   Dog. 
the     Fox    saidy     O 


the      Fox 
vehement- 
heard     her 
had    fhown 
To    whom 
Hare,     why 


do  You  accule  Me,  when  /  have 
praised  Thee  so  greatly  ?  What 
would  Tou  say,  if  /  had  disgraced 
You  ? 


MOR. 

Hscc  Fahula  indicat, 
Homines  machinari  Perni- 
ciem  Aliis  sub  *^' 
Lauda:ic7iis,   *' 


specie 


MoR. 
This  Fable  fhows, 

that  Men  contrive  Destruc^ 
tion  for  Others  under  the  Pretence 
of.Coyameiuhtim* 


FABLE     CLV. 


De  Lepore  petcnte  Callldi- 
tateiTi,  SjT*  Vulpe  Celeri- 
tatcm  a  Jove. 

Epus    ilf    Vulpes    pete- 

bant    a    Jove ;     Haec, 

nt  adjungeret  Celeritatem 
.lu2B  CalUditati ;  Ille,  ut 
adjungeret  Calliditatem  fuae 
Celeritati :  (^ibus  Jupiter 
ita  respondit;  Elargiii  fumus 
Munera  fingulis  Animanti- 
bus,  ab  Origine 

Mundi,  e  noftro  liberalissi- 
-mo     Slnu  ;  sed     dediffe 

Omnia  Uni  fuisset  In- 
juria Aliorum, 


Of  the  Hare  asking  Crafti- 
nefs,  and  the  Fox  Swift- 
ness from  Jupiter, 


T 


HE  Hare  a7id  the  Fox  beg- 
ged of  Jupiter ;  This, 
that  He  -would  join  Swifttiess 
to  her  Craftiness  ;  That,  that 
He  would  join  Craftiness  to  his 
Swiftness:  To  Whom  Jupiter 
thus  answered  ;  We  have  beflowed 
G//>5  te  all  living  Crea- 
tures, from  #/(e  Beginning 
of  the  World,  o«f  oA  *-^^^'*  wc?^^  //- 
<5erj/  Bofom  f  but  t©  have  given 
All  to  One  would  have  been  the  In- 
jury o/"  Others, 


MoR. 
Kcec       Fabula       indicat,         This 
Deum     efTe     largitum     ^wa     ?^c#       God 


MoR, 

Fable  fhows, 

ha§       given        his 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP. 


Munera  ita  jequali  Lance, 
lit  ^itisgue  debcat  esse  con- 
tentus  sua  Sorte. 


Gifts  ivith  so  eqnal  a  Balance, 
that  Every  One  ought  to  be  con- 
tent T.-'/t/i  /lis  ovm  Lot. 


FABLE  CLVL 


De  Equo  incultOy  fed 
velocin,  8c  cateris  ini- 
deiuibus  Eum, 


Of      the 
sr.'ift, 


Horfe 
and      the 


Him, 


rest 


buv 
mock- 


COmpIuies  Equi  fuerant 
adducti  ad  Circenses 
Ludos,  ornati  pulcherri- 
mis  Phalerisy  prseter  Unum. 
Quem  cateri  irridebant,  ut 
incultum,>  b*  ineptum  ad 
tale  Certamen ;  nee  opina- 
bantur,  futurum  unquam 
Vidlorem.  Sedxxhi  Tempiis 
currendi  advenit  Sc,  Sig- 
no  Tubse.  dato, 

cun(5li  exsiliere  e  Carcere, 
'turn  demum  innotuit,  quant)} 
Hie  /j«jf/o  ante  irrisus  fu- 
peraret  catoros  Velocitate  ; 
etenim,  omnibus  «///^  relic- 
tis  post  Se  longo  int^rvallo, 
assecutus  est  Palmam. 


MANY  Horses  were 

brought  to  f/i^  Circensian 
Games,  adorned  vf\th  moft:  beauti- 
ful Trappings,  ^except  0?ie, 
Whom  the  rest  laughed  at,  as 
ugly,  and  unfit  /cr 

fuch  an  engagement ;  nor  tf/V/  Thty 
think,  that  He  would  be  ever 
Vidlor.  But     when     the     time 

of  running  approached,  and  the  Sig- 
nal of  the  trumpet  ^^//i^  gi^'<^fh 
all  leaped  from  t/id  Gocj/, 
then  at  /rtji  it  appeared,^  /j^^y  mwr/i 
This  a  ///f/e  before  derided  ex- 
celled    ?Ae     r^^f     in      Swiftnefs  ; 


for 


all 


f/ie        others 


)eing 


left  behind  Him  at  a  /on^  Dillance; 
i/e  gained  the  Vidlory. 


MoR.  MOR. 

FabuIaj/;§'«/;^caf, Homines  The    Fable  signifes,  that  Men 

non  judicandos    ex   Habitu^  are    not    to    be  judged  by    Hu^it^ 

fed  ^x  Virtute.  but  bj_  Virtue. 


L.  2 


114 


SELECT  FABLES  OV  MSOV. 


FABLE  CLYIL 


De     Ruftlco      admisso     ad     Of    the    countryman    admitted  to 
yurisconsultum  per  Vocem  the     Lawyer     by      the      Voice 

Hscdi.  •  of  the  Kid. 


QUidam  Busticus,  im- 
pllcitus  gravi  Lite, 
acctssit  ad  quondam  Jurif- 
confiiltumj  ut  Eo  Patrono, 
cxplicaret         Se.  At 

Ille  impeditus  aliis  Nego- 
tiis  jubet  renunciari, 
Se  nunc  non  ^rposse  vaca- 
ve  llli  ;  qua  re 

abiret  rediturus 

alias.  Rufticus, 

^w"/'  fldcbat  Ei  plurimum, 
'v.t  vetcri  i^  fido  /.mico, 
nnnquam  admittebatur. 

Tandem  deferens  Hadum 
iidhuc         lad\antem,  cJ* 

pinguem  Sccum^  ftabat  ante 
Fores  furisperiti,  fc 
vc'llixans  Haedum,  ccegit 
I  Hum      ^a/flre.  Janitor, 

•i^w/  folebat  admittere  Eos, 
^i//  portarent  jDonc,  ex 
PriCcepto  Heri, 

/■''tjcrd  Hxdi  audita^ 

jllico  aperiens  Janaam, 
yu^ef  Hominem 
Tunc  Rusiicus, 
Tus  (7 J  Hajdum,  j,>z$rM/f, 
Jhtdule^  ago  Gratias  Tibi, 
^lirc  efftcHli  Aa^^  Fores  tfj7« 
facile 5  Mihi. 

MoR. 
Tabula      indicate      nullas 
iaj  cTxe  f«m  duvas   5^  diffl- 


ir.trotre. 
conver- 

Mi 


A  Certain  Countryman^  en- 
tangled in  a  heavy  Suit, 
nvent  to  c  certain  Law- 
yer, f/iflff,  He  being  Patron 
He  mi^ht  unfold  Himself  But 
^<?  hindered  w/V//  other  Af- 
fairs orders  Him  to  be  told, 
f  Afl^  i/ie  now  nvas  not  able  to  be  at 
Ltifure  for  Him  ;  wherefore 
He  should  go  aivay  to  return 
another  Time,  Tlje  Countryman, 
Who  trufted  to  Him  very  much, 
as  an  old  and  faithful  Friend^ 
never  nvas  admitted. 

At  length  bringing  a  Kid 
as.         yet  fucking,  and 

f2it'-"nvilh  Him,  He  ftood  hefdfe 
the  Doors  of  the  Lantfyer,  and 
plucking  the  Kid,  forced 
Him  t<7  /'/fj^.  The  Porter, 
Who  was  wont  fo  admit  Thofe, 
Who         brought  Giji^^         by 

the  Command  of  his  Mafter, 
the  Voice  of  the  Kid  being  heard, 
prefcritly  opening  the  Gate, 
orders  the  man  to  enter. 
Then  the  Countryman,  having 
turned  to  the  Kid,  said,  My 
little  Kid,  I  give  Thanks  to  Thee, 
rr/20  haft  made  these  Doors  so 
eafy  to  me, 

MoR. 
The        Fable        shows,       that 
«0  Things  are   ^0  hard    tznt/  difli- 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


ciles,     ^uas   -Munera     non     cult, 
aperiunt^  open. 


Which       Gifts       do 


I  r  5 

not 


FABLE      CLVin. 


De  Sene  dejiciente 

Saxis  Juvenem 

diripientem  Poma  Sib'u 

QUldam  Senex  ora^a 
Juvenem  diripien%3i 
Poma  Sibi  blandis  Verbis, 
ut  defcenderet  ex 

Arbore^  nee  vcllet  aujerre 
fuas  Res;  fed  cum  funde- 
ret  Fer^c  incafTum,  Juvene 
contemnente    Ejus  JLtatem 


^     Verba, 


0/   the    old    Man    driving    doiun 
with     Stones    the     Voting    Man 
_  ftcaling  Apples  from  Him, 

A  Certain  old  Man  befoiight 
a  young  Man  ftcaling^ 
Apples  from  Him  with  fair  Words, 
that  He  ^vould  defcend  out  of 
the  Tree,  nor  would  lake  avfay 
his  Things  ;  but  w/jtf«  He  poured 
out  Words  in  vain,  the  young  Man 
defpifing  his  Age 


««7«; 


esse  aliquam  Virtutem  non 
tantum  in  Verbis^  \tx\xm 
etiam  in  Htrbis;  igitur  c 0-/)/^ 
vellere  Gramen,  &  jacere  in 
///wm ;  Quod       Juvenis 

confpicatus  r;V/e^af  vehe- 
nientcr,  ^  arbitrabatur 
Senem  defirare,  ^ui  cre- 
dcret,,  ^^  poffe  depel- 
lere  Eum  ex  Arbore.  [Tunc 
Senex,  cupiens  experiri 
Omniay  inquit,  ^ando  Verba 
^  Herbs  valent  Nil 
adversus  Raptorem  mearum 
Rerum,  agam  Eum 

Lapidibus^  ip  ^uibus  quoq; 
J/Vwnf  effe  Virtutem  ;  be 
jaciens  Lapides,  ^libus 
impleverat  Gremium,  eoegit 
///wm  defcendere,  ^  abire. 


Audi*),     ^"^^     Words,     He    saidy    I    hear, 


f/icf  there  ts  fonie  /7r/He  not 
only  in  Words,  but 

a/jc?  in  Herbs  ;  therefore  //e  began 
to  pull  r/i<r  GrasSy  and  ro  f/irow  /f  at 
Him  ;  Which  f Ae  young  Man 
having*  feen  laughed  vehe- 
mently, and  thought. 
the  tld  Man  to  doat,  Who  be- 
lieved,  that  He,  was  able  tG  drive 
down  Him  ozef^'the  Tree.  Then 
the  old  Man,  desiring  to  try 
o//  Things y  ^^aid,  7yAen  Words 
c«f/  Herbs  ^^^^X"-  Nothing 
«^..m.^  the  St^.  of  my 
Ihmgs,  /  xvill  ^UriKie  Him 
ivith  Stones,  in  Which  alfo 
They  say  thit  ther^  is  Virtue)  and 
throvoing  Stones,  T^•/^/z  vjhich 
He  had  filled  A/>  Lap,  he  forced 
-^/m  t©  defcend,  and  to  go  away. 


116 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOR. 


HlEC 

Omnia 
Sapientiy 
confugiat 
Armorum 


MoR. 

Fabula 


ad 


MOE.. 

indicat,  This  Fable  (hows, 

tentanda     that   all    Things    are   to    be  tried 

priufquam     by     a    ivise     Jkfariy     before     that 

Aux  ilium     He        fietth         to       the       Help 

of  AnT:s. 


FABLE  CLIX. 


Tie  Lufcinia  pollicente 
Accipitri  Cantum  pro 
sua  Vita. 


Of  the-  Nightingale  promising 
to  tlie  Hawk  a  Song  for 
her  Life. 


Ufcinia        comprehensd 
f  a  famelico     Accipitre, 


iiitelligerct, 


Se 


cum 

fore  devorandam  ab  £o, 
rogabat  Eum  blande,  ut 
dimitteret         Se,  polli- 

cita,  Sese  relaturam 

ingentem  Mercedem  pro 
taiito  Benefcio,  Autem  cum 
Accipiter  rogaret,  Quid 
Gratia  polTet  refer  re 
Sibi  ;  inguit,  Demulcebo 
tuas  Aures  diilcibusC^ni'ihus- 
Accipiter  refpoii4itj  Malo.^ 
denuilceas  meum  Ventre m  ; 
possum  vivere  sine  tuis 
Caniibusj  .   fed      non      fine 

a  bo. 

MoR. 
Haec    Fabula   docet,uti- 
lia  anteponenda 

jucundis» 


THE  Nightingale  being  caught 
by  a  hungry  Hawk, 
ivhe7i  She  underRood,  that  She 
fliould  be  devoured  by  Him, 
aft:ed-        Hitn         fairly,  that 

He  would  difmifs  Her,  having . 
promifed,  that  She  would  return 
a  vast  Reward  for 

fo  great  a  B^nefi,  But  when 
the  Hawk  asked,  What 
Favour  She  was  able  to  return 
to  Him  ;  She  said,  I  will  foften 
thy  Ears  ivith  sweet  Songs. 
The  Hawk  anfwered,  /  had  rather, 
thou  Ihouldft  foften  my  Belly  ; 
/  am  able  to  live  without  thy 
Songs,  but  not  without 
Meat, 

MoK.  . 
Tills  Fable   teacheth,    that  pro- 
fitable  Things  are    to  be  preferred 
to  pleasant. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP, 


117 


FABLE     CLX. 

De   Leone  eli^ente  Porcum      Of  the    Lion   choosing   the    Hog 
Socium  Sibi.  a  Compani&n  for  HImfelf. 


LEO,  ciim         vellet 

adsciscere  Socios  Sibi^ 
£c  multa  Animalia  optarent 
adjungere  Sesc  Illi,  ijf 
expofcerent  Id  Votls  (Sf 
Precibus,  cateris  fpretis, 
voluit  in  ire 

Socittat€m{o\hTi  cum  Porco. 
Autem  rogatiis  Ccusam^ 
refpondit,  ^ia  hoc  Ani- 
mal eft  adel  fiduin,  iit  nun- 
quam  relinqueret  Tuos  Amicos 
&  Socios  in  ulloi  quantumvis 
magna   Difcrimine. 

MOR. 

Hxc  Fabida  docet, 
Amicitiani  Eoruin  appetcn- 
dam^  Qui  Tempore  Adver- 
fitatis  non  referunt  Pedem 
«  prxftando  Auxilio, 


THE  Lion,  when  He  would 
gel  Companions  to  Himself 
and  many  Animals  wished 
to  join  Themselves  to  Him,  and 
required  It  with  Vows  and 
Prayers,  the  others  being  defpifed. 
He  was  willing  to  enter  into 
Society  only  wtlh  the  Hog. 
But  being  aflced  the  couse^ 
He  anfwered,  Because  this  Ani- 
mal is  so  faithful,  that  He  ne- 
ver would  leave  his  Friends 
and  Companions  in  anj,  altho' 
great  Danger. 

Mop. 
This  Fable  teaches 

that  the  Friendship  of  thofe  is  to  be 
desired^  Who  in  the  Time  of  Ad- 
verfity  do  not  draw  back  a  Foot 
from  affording  Assistance. 


FABLE     CLXL 


De  Culice  petente  Clbum  Cf     Of   the    Gnat  asking    Meat    and 
Hofpitiumai  Ape.  Lodging  of  the  ]^ee. 


CUM     Culex       hyberno 
TVwjboreconjiceret,  Se 
periturum  Frigore        8c 

Fame,  accefTit  ad  Alvearia 
Apuni  petens  Gibum  tiJ* 
Hofpitium  ab  Eis  ;  ^<e 
fi  fuisset  CQnsccutus  ab  £is 


WHen  theGnat  in  tht  Winter 
Time  conjedlured,  that  He 
fliould  perifli  with  Cold  ai>d 
Hunger,  He  went  to  the  Hives 
of  the  Bees  asking  Meat  and 
Lodging  from  Them  ;  Which 
if  He   should  obtain  from    Them 


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promittebat,  Se  cdoaurum 
Filios  Eorum         Art  em 

Mufica;.  Tunc  qusedam 
Apis  refpondii,  At  Ego 
malUm^  quod  met  Liberi 
ediscant  meam  Artem^  Qux 
poterit  eximere  Eos  a 
Periculo  Famis  b*  Frigoris. 

MOR. 

Hac  Tabula  admonet 
nos^  ut  erudiamus  noftros 
Liberos  his  Artibtts,  Quss 
valent  vindkare  Eos  ab 
Iiiopia. 


He  promifed,  that  He  would  teach 
the  Children  of  them  the  An 
of  Mufick.  Then  a  certain 
Bee  anfwered  But  I 

had  rather^  that  my  Children 
should  learn  my  Art^  Which 
IV ill  be  able  to  exempt  Them  from 
?A<?  Danger  of  Hunger  a«c^  Cold. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  admoniflics 

Us^  that  We  instruct  our 
children  in  thofe  Arts^  Which 
are    able    to   defend    Them  from 

Want. 


FABLE     CLXII. 


De     Afino      Tubicine, 
Lepore  Tabellario. 


&      0/  the    Afs   the    Trumpeter^   and 
the   Hare  the  Lctter-Carrier. 


LEO,      Rex     Quadrupe- 
dum,  pugnaturus 

adverfus  Volucresy  inftruebat 
suas  Acies  :  Autem  inter- 
rogatus  ab  Urfo,  ^id  iner- 
tia Asini,  aut  Timidi- 
tas  Leporis  conferret  Vidlo- 
riam  £/,  Quos  cernebat 
adeffe  ibi  inter  Cateros, 
refpondit,  Asinus, 

eiangore  sua  Tubae, 
concitabity  Milites  ad 
Pugnam  ;  ^ero  Lepus  fun- 
getur  Officio  TabeUarii 
ob  Celeritatem  Pedum. 


THE  Lion,  the  Kingoi  the  four- 
footed  Beafts,  about  to  fght 
againft  the  Birds,  difpofcd 
his  Troops  :  But  being  aik- 
cd  bj  the  Bear,  How  the  Slug- 
gifhnefs  of  the  Assy  or  the  Tearful- 
ness of  the  Hare  ivould  bring  Victo- 
ry to  him,  Whom  He  saiv 
to  be  prefent  there  among  the  resty 
He         anfwered,  The        Ass, 

with  the  found  of  his  Trumpet, 
w/V/  rouse  the  Soldiers  to 
the  Fight  ;  but  the  Hare  will  per- 
form the  Office  of  a  Letter-Bearer 
thro'  the  Swiftness  of  his  feet. 


MOR. 

Fabula  signifcat,  Nemi- 
ncxnfWf  ^AzQCvntemptibilemy 


MoK,. 
The   Fable    signifes^    that    no 
One         is         fo         cpntemptiblei^ 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


110 


Qui  nonpossit  prodcffe  Nobis 
in  aliqua  Re, 


Who  can  not  be  profitable    to  Us 
iu  some  Thing, 


FABLE    CLXin. 


IXe     Accipitribus    Inimicis 
inter  Se,  Quos 

Columba  compofuerunt. 

ACcipitres  Inimici  inter 
Se  decertabant  quotidie^ 
&  occupati  fuis  Invidiis 
minime  infest  abant  alias 
Aves,  Columbae  dolentes^ 
Legatis  missis,  compofuere 
Eos :  Sed  ////,  labi  sunt 
effedli  Amici,  inter  Se^ 
non  definebant  vexare  & 
•occidere  caeteras  imbecilliores 
Aves,  ^  maxime  Columbus, 
Tuni  Columbx  dicebant, 
^anto  erat  Discordia 
Accipitrum  melior  Nobis, 
guam  Concordia, 

MOR. 

Hxc  Fabula  admonet, 
Odia  malorum  Civium 
inter  Se  potius  alen- 
day  quam  extinguenda,  ut, 
dum  certant  inter 

Se,         per  mitt  ant        bonos 
Firo*  vivere  quiets» 


Of 


the 


Hawks  Enemies 
among  Themselves^  Whom 
the  Doves  reconciled. 


THE  Hawks  Enemies  among 
Themsefves  contended  daily^ 
and  busied  with  their  own  Enmities 
they  very  little  infested  the  other 
Birds,  The  Doves  grie-oingy 
AmbalTadors  being  sent,  reconciled 
Them  :  But  They,  when  They  were 
made  Friends  among  Themselves^ 
did  not  leave  oiF  fo  vex  and 
Ax7/  the  other  weaker 

Birds,  and  moflly  the  Doves, 
Then  the  Doves  faid 

By  hoi»  much  was  f/ie  Discord 
of  the  Hawks  better  to  Us, 
f  Aan  their  Agreement, 

MoR. 
This         Fable  admonifhes, 

that  the  Hatreds  of  bad  Citizens 
among  Themselves  rather  are  to  be 
nourished  than  extinguished,  that, 
whilst  They  contend  among 
Themfelves,  They  may  permit  ^oo^ 
Men  to  live  quietly. 


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FABLE     CLXIV. 

De     Sene     'vciente     differ-       0/*the  old  Man  6eing  ^IHmg  to 
re  Mortem,  defer  Death, 


OXJldam  Senex    rogabat 
Jfortffm,Qujc  advenerat 
ereptura  Bum  e 

Vitdy  ut  defcrret^ 

cUim         conderet  fuum 

Testamentum,  ^  prapararet 
cxtera  necessaria  ad 
tantum         Iter  Cm/ 

Mors  inquit^  Gut  monitus 
toties  rt  Me  won  prapardsti 
Te  ?  wEf,  cum  Ilk  dice  ret, 
quod  nunquam  viderat  Earn 
antea^  inquit,  Cum  quoti- 
die  rapiebam  non  modo  tuos 
jEquales^  Quorum  Nulli 
fere  _;fl?n  reflant,  verum 
etiara  Juvenes,  Pueros,  t?* 
Infantes,  nonne  admonebam 
Te  iM<e  Mortalitatis  ?  Cwm 
fentiebas  tuos  Oculos 
tabescere,  tuum  Auditum 
minui,  if  tuos  aeteros 
Senfus  dejicere  indies,  nonne 
dicebam  Tibi,  Me  esse 
••  &  negasy 
admonitum  ? 
quare  non  eft  differ endum 
ulterius. 


propinquam 
Te         esse 


MoR. 
,  Hscc  Fabula  indicat,  quod 
^ebemus  vivere,  quafi  semper 
cernamus  Mortem  adeffe. 


Certain     old      Man     aiked 
Death,  Who  came 

fnatch         Him       out      of 
that     He    ivould    defer    it. 
Be  made  his 

and  prepared 


A 

to 

Lije, 

till 

mil, 

the  other  necessary  Things  for 
5£>  great  a  Journey.  To  nvhom 
Death  said,  Why  warned  fo 
often  /^j  Me  Aa^t  rAou  not  prepared 
Thyfelf?  And,  when  He  faid, 
Met  He  never  had  seen  Him 
before.  He  faid,  /^r/t^n  dai- 
ly /  snatched  aivay  not  on/y  thy 
Equals,  of  Which  iVonff 
almoft  no'w  remain,  but 
alfo  Toung  Men,  Boys,  ont/ 
Infants,  f//J  not  I  admonish 
Thee  o/  thy  Mortality?  When 
Thou  perceivedft  thine  Eyes 
fo  ^roTO  i/Zm,  thy  Hearing 
to  be  ieffened,  and  thy  of/rer 
Senfes  io  decay  daily,  f/Zf/  /  not 
fay  to  'Thee,  that  /  ivas 
near  ?  and  f/o^f  Thou  deny, 
that  Thou  Aa^f  been  admoniflied  ? 
ivherefore  it  is  not  to  be  deferr^d^- 
longer. 

MoR. 
This       Fable       fhows,         that 
We   ought   fo  //i»^,   as   if  ahvays 
We  faw  Death  to  be  prePent. 


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\%^ 


FABLE    CLXV. 


De  Avaro    Fit^o  alloquente 
Sacculum  Nummi. 

Qui  dam  avarus  Vir 
77ioritu7'usj  Sc  relic- 
iurus  ingentem  jlceruum 
Aureorum  maU  partiim, 
interrogabat  Sacculum 

JVinmyiorum.,  quern  jussit 
afferri  Sibi,  Quibus 
esset  allaturus  Volufitutcm  ? 
Cui  Sacculus  inquit,  Tiiis 
Hxredibus,  Qui  profun- 
dent  J\''iunmos  quacsitos  a 
Te  '  tanto  Sudore,  iyi 
Scortis  ^  Conviviis ;  isf 
Da^monibus,  Qui  manci- 
pabunt  tuajn  Animam 
i  xternis  Suppliciis. 


'     MOR. 

Hsec  Fabula  indicat  esse 
stultissimum  laborarc 

m       -feV.s,  Qurc  sint 

allatura      Gaudiiun     Aliis, 
autcm  Tormenta  jYobis, 


Q/'the  covetous  Man  speaking  t» 
the  Bag  of  Money. 

A  Certain      covetous      Man 
about  to  die^  and  about  to 
leave         a  vast  Heap. 

of  golden  Pieces  ill  gotten, 
askfd  a  Bag 

of  T*Io7iies,  which  he  commanded 
to  be  brought  to  Him^  To  whom 
He  was  about  to  bear  Pleasure  ? 
To  Whom  the  Bag  said,  To  thine 
Heirs,  Wfio  will 

spend  the  Monies  gotten  by 
Thee  with  so  great  SM'eat,  ufion 
Whores  and  Feasts ;  and 
to  the  Devils,  Who  wjU  tor- 
ment thy  Soul 
with  eternal  Punishments. 

MoR. 
This  Fable  shows  it  to  be 
a  most  foolish  Thing  to  labour 
in  those  Thi7igs,  Which  ?nay  be 
about  to  bear  Joy  to  Others 
but  Torments  to  Us» 


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FABLE  CLXVL 


De  Vulpe  ^  Capro. 

VULPES  isf  Caper  siti- 
bundi  descenderunt  in 
quendani  Puteum ;  in  Quo 
cum  perbibisscnt^  Vulpes 
ait  Capro  circum^picienti 
Reditum,  Cafier^  esto  bono 
Animo,  nainq  ;  excogitavi, 
quo  pacto  uterque  simui 
reduces.  Siquidem  Tu 
erige»  Te  rectum^  prioribus 
Pedibus  admotis         ad 

Parietem,  ^  reclinabis 
tua  Cornua,  Mcnto  adducto 
ad  Pectus,  Hgo  iransiliens 
per  tua  Terga  &  Cornua^ 
&  e-vadens  extra  Puteum^ 
educam  Te         isthinc 

fiostea,  Cvijus  Conulio 
Capro  habcnie  Fidem,  atq ; 
obtemperante,  ut  \Vi-d.jube~ 
hat^  Ipsa  prosiliit  e  Puteo^ 
ac  deinde  gestiebat  pra 
Gaudio  in  Margine  Putei^ 
&  exultabat^  habens  JVihiL 
Curse  de  Hirco.  Cceteriwh 
cum  incusaretur  ab  Kirco^ 
ut  foedifraga^  respondit, 
Mnim-vero^  Hirce,  si  esset 
Tibi  tantum  Sensiis  in 
Mente,  quantum       est 

Setarum  in  Mento,  non  de- 
scendisses  in  Puteum^ 
priusquam  habuisses  explO' 
rat  urn  de  Reditu^ 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  He-Goat, 

A  FOX  and  a  Goat  being  thir- 
sty         descended  into 

a  certain  Well;  in  Which 
v^liQWthey  had  ivelldrank^  the  Fox 
9ays  to  the  Goat  looking  about  for 
a  Return,  Goat^  be  of  good 
Cheer,  for  I  have  thought 
by  nvhat  means  We  both  may  be 
brought  back.  If  truly  Thou 
wiltraiseupXhy^eMstrait^WiyiovG- 
Feet  being  set  to 

the  Wall,  and  wilt  lean  forward 
thy  Horns,  thy  Chin  being  drawn 
to  thy  Breast,  I  leaping 
0-0  er  thy  Back  and  Horns  y 
and  escaping  out  of  the  Welly 
will  bring  out  Thee  thence 
afterwards.  To  whose  Counsel 
the  Goat  having  Faith,  and 
obeying,  as        She         co7;^- 

manded^'Sht  leaped  ontoiiht  Well, 
and  then  jumped  for 
Joy  upon  the  Brink  of  the  Well, 
and  rejoiced,  having  no 
Care  of  tiie  Goat.  But, 
when  She  was  accusedhy  the  Goat, 
as  a  league  breaker,  she  answered 
Jndeedy  Goat  if  there  had  been 
to  Thee  as  much  of  Sense  in 
thy  Mindy  as  there  is 
of  Hairs  owthy  Chin-,thou  wouldst 
not  have  descended  into  the  Well, 
before  that  thou  hadst  examin- 
.  ed  about  a  ReHirn» 


MOR. 

Hjec       Fabula       innuit, 

firudentein     Virum    debere 

exjyiorare  i^/we77?,antequam 

X  veniet  B.dperage)ida7n  Rein. 


SELECT  FABLES  ui    ^:^i)V. 


Th:  '^:ble  hints 

l/iat  a  /irudnt  Man  oug/it 
to  examine  t/te  End^  before  that 
He  comes  to  do  the  Thing. 


FABLE  CLXAH. 


Dc  Gallis  ky  Perdicc.  C/the  Co-ohs  and  the  Partridge. 


CUM 


Qui  dam  huberct 
alios  don\\  finrrca!  ua  r\! 
Pv^rdicein,  ^  dedit  j6.'«/;i 
in  ^-iCiciaieni  G  alio  rum 
alcnda?ry  &c  sa^inandam 
\\n\  cum  Eis.  Galli 
(juisquc  pra  5^  mordebant 
tr'  abigebant  Earn.  Autcm 
Perdix  afflictabatur  apud 
Scj  eristimana         talia 

ivfcrri  Sibi  ^  Gallis, 
^/r'f/  siium  Genus  esset 
alienum  ab  Illorum  Genere. 
r^rtf  ubi  no/i  multo  fihat 
aspcxit  ///0.9  pugnantes 
?>rcr  Se,  b*  mutuo 
tiercuticntes^  recreata  a 
Mocrorc  ist  Tristitia,  tnjtcit, 
Equidem  post  Hxc  Jion  af- 
ilkhibor  ami>lius,  vidcns  eos 
dimicantcs  etiam    inter  Se. 

MoR. 
Ha:c  E'abula  innuit, 
firudentes  Vires  debere  ferre 
CoTitumeliafi  illatas  ab  Alie- 
nigenis,  Quoa  vident  ne 
abstinere  ab  Injuria 
Domesticorutiu 


WHEN  a  crrtaiu  Man  had 
cocks  at  home,  ffc  bou;^ht 
a  Piirtridf^e,  a^id  jfive  /Ar 
into  /A'.?  Cjf.-J:a7iv  of  the  Gocks 
/0  be  Jed-,  and  fattened 
together  rjith  Them :  The  Cocks 
Every  one  for  Himnelf  bit 
and  drove  away  //.*r.  But 
the  Partridge  was  afflicted  with 
herself,  think i?T:^X\\9X  such  things 
TyfTc  oferediolAQvby  the  Cocks, 
because  her  A7/7(i  was 
different  from  /Ai»/?-  Kind. 
But  when  770?  much  a/rer 
She  saw  Them  fightintj 
amcT^^A??  themselvesrtnrfmirtually 
striking.,  recovered  from 
Grief  and  Sadness,  ^he  saidy 
Truly  after  these  Things  I  shall 
not  be  afflicted  more,  seeing  \.\\{:t\\ 
fghtirgcyQuamGngstthcmsclYCZ. 

MoR. 
This  Fable  hints, 

that  prudent  Men  m^ght  to  beai' 
the  Contumelies  offered  by  Fo- 
reigners, IVhom  They  see  not 
10  abstain  from  the  Injury 
q/"  their  ovjyi  Countrymen» 


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FABLE  CLXVIIL 
De  Jactatore.  0/the  Boaster. 


QUidam  Vir  peregrina- 
tus  aliquandiu^  cum 
J'uinset  reversus  Doinum 
iterum,  cum  jactabundus 
prsedicaret  multa  alia  gesta 
a  5f  viriliter  mdiversis  jR^- 
gionibus^  turn  vera  Id  maxi- 
incf  quod  Rhodi  superas- 
set  Omnes  saliendo  :  Bho- 
dios  Qui  adfuerant^  esse 
Testes  ejusdem  Rei : 
Unus  Eorum, 

Quicf/crcnf,  respondens  illi 
inquit^  O  Homo^  si  /*^mg?  est 
■verum-i  QuoAloqueris^  Quid 
0/2MS  est  Tibi  Testibus  ? 
Ecce  Rhodium  !  Ecce  iuc 
Ccrtamen  saliendi  I 

MOR. 

Hstc  Fabula  indicat, 
quod^  ubi  vera  Testimonia 
adsunt^  est  nihil  O^iUs 
Verbis, 


A  Certain  Man  having  travel- 
led a  long  Kvhile^  when 
He  was  returned  Home 
again,  both  boasting 

told  wzani/ other  things  carried  on 
by  Him  manfuMy  m  divers  Re- 
gions ^  and  truly  That  esjieci- 
alh/y  that  at  Rhodes  He  had  ex- 
celled Jll  in  leaping;  that  the  Rho-j 
dians,Who  had  been  Jirese?ityweve^i 
Witnesses  of  the  same  Thing 
One  of  Theniy, 

Whow£'re/zr^5f;2tjansweringhin\i 
said^  O  Man^  if  That  ia, 
true^  Which  you  sjieak,  What 
JVeecfis  there/'o  Fojiof  Witnesses^^ 
Behold  a  Rhodian  1  Behold  heref 
a  Trial  of  leaping  ! 


This 
that    where 
are  present^ 
of  IVoi'ds, 


ISIOR. 

Eable  shov.'-sjl 

true     Testimonies 
there   is  no   A''eed 


FABLE  CLXIX. 


De  Viro  teniante 
ApoUinem.- 


Cythe  Man  temfiting 
Apollo. 


Q"; 


Iidam/ttcmo7-offW5Vir 
:ontuiit  Se  Delphos 
tentaturus  Jfiollinerth  8c 
habens  Passerculum  sub 
Pallio,  Quern    tenebat  suo 


A' 


Certain       nvicked       Mai> 
betook  Himself  ^0  Dclpho 
about    to    tempt    Apollo^     an< 
having       a       Sparrow       U7ide 
his  Cloak,   Which  He  held  in  hi 


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Tugno,  isf  accedens  ad 
Tripodas,m/^r7-o.§-a6a^Eum 
dicens^  Quod  habeo  in  med 
Dextra,  vivitne^  an  est 
mortuum  ?  Frolaturus  Pas- 
serculum  vivuin^  si  Ille  re- 
spondisset,wor/MMw;  rursus 
prolaturus  mortuum,  si 
respondisset,T'/fi^w;etcnim 
occidisset  Eum  statim 
sub  Patlio  clam,  firiusquam 
proferret.  jit  Deu3, 
intelligens  subdolami  Calli- 
ditatem  Hominis,  dixit^ 
O  Consultory  facito  Utrurn 
mavis  facerc ; 

eteuim  est  penes  7V;  ^5* 
proferto  sive  vivum,  sivc 
mortuum,  Quod  habes  in 
tuis  Manibus, 


Fist,  and  goir»g;  f^ 

the  Trevet,  He  asked  Him 
sayings  What  /  have  in  my 
Right  Hand,  liveth  it^  or  is  it 
6.t7iii}iiAboutio  pluck  fort  hxht^^^Y- 
row  alive,  if  He  had  an- 
swered, dead:  again 
about  to  pluck  it  forth  dead,  if 
He  had  answered,  alive;  for 
He  ivo7ild  have  killed  It  presently 
undtvthc  Cloak  privWy-fbeforethal 
He  plucked  it  out.  But  the  God^ 
iindersta7idi?7g-the  deceitful  Craf- 
tiness of  the  Man,  said^ 
O'  Consulter,  do  Thou  Whether 
Thou  art  more  willing  to  do ; 
for  it  is  in  the  Power  of  Thee;  and 
pluck  out  either  alive,  or 
dead.  What  Thou  hast  in 
thy  Hands. 


MOR. 

Hxc  Fabula  innuit,  Ni- 
hil latere,  neque  fallere 
diviuam  Mentem. 


MOR. 

This  Fable  hints,  that  Xo- 
thing  lies  hid  from,  nor  deceives 
the  divine  Mind. 


FABLE  CLXX, 


Z)e  Piscatore  {5*   Smaride.     0/the  Fisherman  anff  the  Sprat. 


QUidamA/*cfifor  retibus 
dimissis  in  Mare, 
extulit  pusillam  Smaridem, 
Qux  sic  obsecrabat  Piscato- 
rem  ;  JV'o//  capere  Me  trim 
pusillam  in  prasentid;  sine 
Me  abire  U'  cres«xre 
^'t  postea  potiaris 

Wq.  sic  adulta  cum   majori 
Co7n7fiodo»  Cui      Pitfa- 


ACevtixm  fisher  man,  his  nets 
being  let  doivn  into  the  8ea, 
brought  out  a  small  Sprat, 
Which  thus  besought  the  Fisher- 
man; lie  not  willing  to  take  Me  so 

■little  at  present;  suffer 
Me  to  go  away,  ctnd  to  grow, 
that  aftervv^ards  Thoumayst obtain 
Me  io  grown  up  loith  greater 
Adx^iitage,     To  whom  t).e  FiUi- 

L  3/\ 


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tor  inquit,    Fero  Ego  essem 


amens, 


omitterem 


JLucrum  Xicctexiguum^C^woA 
habeo  iiiter  meas  Manus 
Spe  futuri  Boi^i 

fjuamvis  magni. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Fabida  indicat  Bum 
esse  siolidum,  Qui  propter 
Spem  majoris  Com  modi 
non  amplectitur  Rem  ^ 
prxsentem  ^  certam,  licit 
parvam. 


ei'man  said,  But  I  should  be 
mad,  //  I  should  omit 
a  Gain  altho'  small,  Which 
I  have  betxvten  raj  Hands 
for  the  Hope  of  a  future  Good 
altho'  great. 

Mor; 
This  Fable  shows  Him 
to  be  foolish,  Who  for 
Hope  of  a  greater  Advantage 
does  not  embrace  a  Thing  both 
present  and  certain,  although 
small. 


FABLE  CLXXL 


De  Equo  ^  Asino. 

QUidam  Vir  habebat 
Equum  Sc  Asinum ; 
autem  dum  faciunt  Iter, 
Asinus  inquit  Equo,  Si 
yIs,  Me  esse  salvum, 
leva  Me  Parte  inei  Oneris  : 
Equo  non  obsequente  Illius 
Verbis,  Asinus  cadens  sub 
Onere  moritur.  lunc  Do- 
■ixiiv^xiisJumentorum  imponit 
E.quo  omnes  Sarcinas, 
Quas  Asinus  portabat,  £J^ 
sjmul  Corium,  Quod 
exuerat  a  mortuo 

Asino :  Quo         Onere 

Equus  depressus  15*  gemens 
inquit,  Vse  Mihi  infelicissi- 
mo  Jumentorum  I  Quid 
Mali  evenit  misero 

Mihi !  A'am  recusans 
Fartem^  nunc  porto  totvu-a 


Oftht  Horse  and  the  As«- 

A  Certain  Man  had 

a  Horse  and  an  Ass;. 
but  whilst  they  make  a  Journey, 
the  Ass  says  to  the  Horse,  If 
You  are  willing, //za^  I  be  safe, 
lightenitfeof  a  Part  of  my  Burden: 
The  Horse  not  obeying  His 
TVordt,  the  Ass  falling  under 
the  Burden  dies.  Then  the  Mas- 
ter of  the  Beasts  puts  on 
the  Horse  all  the  Backs, 
Which  the  Ass  carried,  and 
at  the  same  T'lmtthe  HideWh'ich. 
He  hadstinppedoffhovci  the  dead 
Ass  :  With  which  Burden 
Mf//or.?fdepressedarzG?  groaning 
said,  AVoc  to  Me  most  un- 
happy of  Beasts !  What 
an  iiViVhas  happened  to  wretched 
Me  !  For  refusing 

a  Fart  J    now  /  carry  the  whole 


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Curium* 


insuper     Illius 


Burdcriy 
Hide, 


and 


inorcover 


Ills 


MoR. 
Hacc       Fahula       innviit, 
ntajores  debere  esse   Parti- 
cipes  in  minoribus  Labori- 
bu8^     ut        Utriq ;  sint 

incoliunc». 


MoR. 
This  Fable  hints, 

that  the  greater  ought  to  6«?  Par- 
takers iri  the  lesser  La- 
bours^ that  Both  may  be 
safe. 


FABLE  CLXXIL 


De  Tubicine. 

QUidam  Tubicen^  inter- 
ceptus  ab  Hostibus  in 
^lmti^, proclamabat  ad  Eosy 
Q\ncircu77isist('ba}it,  O  F/r/, 
'bioWtGOC  cider  e  Me  iimocuiim 
&  in  son  fern  ;  etenim  72  7/ w- 
<7Ma;n  occidi  Ulhim;  qiiippe 
habeo  Nihil  aliud^  quam 
hanc  Tubam,  Ad  Quern 
Illi  responderunt  vicissim 
cum  Clamor e ;  Vero  Tu 
trucidaberis  magU  hoc 
ifiso  ;  quod  cam 

Tu  liise  nequeas 

dimicare^     potes    impeller  e 
Cxteros  ad  Certamen. 

MOR. 

Hsc  Fabula  innuit, 
«7«^tfpeccant/z?'<ei^(?r  cxteros, 
Qui  fiersuadent  malis  13* 
improbis  Princi/iibus  ad 
agendum  iniqul. 


O/thc  Trumpeter. 

A  Certain  Trumpeter^  ta- 
ken by  the  Enemies  /7t 
the  War,  cried  out  to  Themj 
Who  stood  about,  O  A/ien, 
Be  not  Avilling  to  /:///Me  harmless 
and  inn-jcent ;  for  nf- 
x'er  have  I  killed  any  One  ;  for 
/  have  Nothing  else,  than 
f///s  Trumpet.  To  Whom 
They  answered  in  Turn 
with  a  J^oise ;  But  Thoic 
shalt  be  slain  rather  on  this 
same  Account ;  because  ib'hen 
Thou  Thyself  can'st  not 
fght.  Thou  art  able  to  drive 
the  Rest  to  the  Engagement. 

MoR. 
This  Fable  hints, 

that  They  sin  beyond  Others, 
Who  persuade  bad  and 
wicked  Princes  to 

act  unins'.lv. 


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FABLE  CLXXIIL 


De  Vaticinatore. 

Vjiticinator  sedens  in 
Foro  sermocinabatur ; 
Cui  Quidam  denunciat, 
Ejus  Fores  esse  e«ffractas, 
kj^  Omnia         direjita^ 

Quse  fuissent  in  Domo. 
Vatic  inator,  gcmens  &; 
properans  Cursu,  recifiiebat 
Se  Domum :  Quern 
Quidam  intuens  cur- 
rentem,  inquit,  O  Tu,  Qui 
promittis,  Te  divinaturuni 
aliena  Negotia,  cert^  Ipse 
non  divindsti  tua. 

MoR. 
Hxc  Fabida  spectat  ad 
Eos,  Qwz,  non  recti  ad- 
ministrantes  suas  Res, 
conantur  providere  ^ 
Gonsulere  Alienis^  Quce 
non  pertinent  ad'  Eos, 


Q/the  Fortune-teller. 

A  Fortune-teller  sitting  in 
tile  Market  discoursed  ;^ 
To  whom  Owf  declares, 
that  his  Doors  ivere  broke  open, 
and  all  Things  taken  awayy 
Which  had  been  in  the  House» 
The  Fortune-teller,  sighing  and 
hasting  in  his  Pace,  betook 
Himself  Home  :  Whom 
a  certain  Man  perceiving  I'un- 
ningy  said,  O  Thou,  Who 
promis^ist,  that  Thou  wilt  divine 
others'  Affairs,  surely  Thyself 
hast  not  divined  thine  own. 

MoR. 
This  Fable  looks  to 
Them,  Who,  not  rightly  ad- 
ministring  their  own  Affairs, 
endeavour  to  forsee  and' 
consult yb?*  other  Men's,  Which 
do  not  belong  to  Them^ 


FABLE  CLXXIV. 

De  Puero  i3^  Matre.  O/  the  Boy  and   his    Mothcf. 


/'~\Uidam  Fuer  in  Sehold 
V^  furatus  Li  be  Hum, 

attuiit  sua  Matri ;  a 
Qua  non  castigatus,  guo- 
tidie  furabatur  mag\s  atque 
magis  ;  Autem  Progressu 
Temporis  coepit  furari 
majora.     Tandem     depre- 


A  Certain     Boy    in    School 
\\2i\m^'sX.o\tT\a  little  Booky    ■ 
brought  it  to  his    Mother  ;    by    '■'. 
Whom  720?  being  chastised,  dai-   | 
ly       He       stole       more       ami  -^ 
more ;.        But       in        Progress 
of  Time    H'    began    to    steal 
greater  things,.  At  IsiSt being ap-- 


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henstis  a  magistratu^  duce- 
batur  ad  Supplicium.  Vcro 
Matre  seoueiite^  ac  voci/c- 
rante,  II le  rogavity  ut  lice- 
ret  Sibi  loqui  paulisper  ciim. 
Ea  ad  Aui'em.  Itlo  per- 
Hiisso,  is'  M-HiveJirc/ierantCy 
8c  adincvciite  Aurein  at/  Os 
Fllii^  evulsit  Aurlculam 
Matris  auis  Dentibiis. 
Citui  Mater,  b""  cr^teii, 
Qu;  adstabant,  increparcnt 
Eum,  77072  modo  7/^^Furem, 
sed  etiam,  ut  impium  iii 
suaiii  Parentem.  inquit,  //^c 
fuit  Causa  mei  Exiiii ; 
etenim  «/castigiisset  Me  ob 
LihcUum^  Q^ucmfuratus  sum 
prius,./6TZ5.scm  Nil  ulterius; 
nunc  due  or  ad   ^up/die  iunu 


firchendcdbythci):ag2^trat€h&-w^.9 
led      fo       Punishment.        >^w* 
the  Mother/b'//.37y/;?^,  and  c>-yingy 
He   a'ikedy  that/f   mi^h!  be  law- 
ful for  Him  ro  s./?eaA-  a  little  w/f  A 
Her///  her  Ear.     //<?  being  per-  ' 
niitted, a«f/ the  Mother //as^cwiw^ 
andmox'^w^'-herEar  rothe  Mouth 
of  i/:e  Son,  He  tore  oiT  iAe  Ear' 
ofhis  Mother    w/VA    /lis  Teeth. 
lilien  the  Mother «Aj^theOthcrs 
Ifho     stood        about,       blamed 
Him,  ?;o?     only     as     a    Thief, 
A?/;     also,       as      impious       to 
his     Parent^     He      said,     'SAr 
was  the  Caw.eo^vny  Dcstruction\ 
for //"She  had  c)->r.stised  Me  for 
the   little  Book^  AVhich    /  stole 
first,  Ihaddone  ^oi\\\\\i^  further \ 
now  I  avi  led  to  Punish?72e?it, 


MoR. 

Hjcc       Fabula     indicat, 

quld^  Qui     non   co'erceritur 

inter       Initia       peccandi, 

evadunt  ad  ?naJora  Flagitia. 


This 


MoR. 

Fable 


showsi 


that  They,  Who  are  ixnt  restrained. 
at  the  Beginniui^s  of  sinning, 
go  en  to  i^reaier  Crimes. 


FABLE  CLXXV. 


DellvccU  ej*  Capeais.       0/thc  he  Goats  £3* the  She  Goats. 


CUM  CapelU  obttnu- 
issent  bartam  i\  Jovc^ 
Hirci  coepcriint  ofTendi, 
^uia  Muliercs  habereiit 
patem  Honorem  cum  Eis, 
Jupiter  inquit,  vSinite  Illa,'^ 
fmi  vand  Gloril,  ^ 
usurpare  Ornatum    vestr» 


WHEN  ///f  she-^oats  had  ob- 
taineda:ifarfi^from/7M';Ver 
the  he-gcats /^e^a«  to  be  offended , 
because     the        Females       had 


equc. 


Honour      with      Them, 


Jupiter  saiil^  Suffer  ye  Them 
to  enjoy  the  vain  Gloiy,  and 
to  usurp  the  Ornament  of  your 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOP. 


I>i^nitatis^  dum  ?2on  tequent     Dignity^  whilst  They  do  not  equai 
vestram    Vinutem,  your  Virtue. 


MOR. 

Hacc  Fabula  edocet  TV, 
lit  /eras  Illos  usurfiare 
tuiim  OrnaHim^  Qui  C'w?/^ 
iDferiores   Jz'<^/   in  Virtuie. 


MOR. 

This  i'a^/e-  teaches  7V/r<?, 
that  r/ioii  may  St  deariho^Qtousur/i 
thy  Ornament^     Who      cr<i 

inferiors  to  Thee  in  Virtue* 


FABLE  CLXXVL 


/^f    I'ilio    cyusdam    Setih 
<^  Leone. 


Of  the  Son  of  a  certain  old  IVIa^i 
o?it/  a  Lion. 


Uidam  ^ew/orhabebat 
unicum  Filium  ^ene-. 
roai  Spiritus,  \sf  Amatorem 
venaticorum  canum.  viderat 
Hunc/ierQ\uetQm.trticida?'i 
k  Leone.  Igitur  t  err  it  us, 
jie  fort f.  aliquando  Eventus 
sequeretur  hoc  Somnium, 
extruxlt  quandam  fiolitissi- 
?nam,  8c  c?nocntiiszjnam 
Domum  ;  i7iducejiii  Filium 
illuc,  assiduus  cusios  ade- 
rat  ////.  Depinxerat 
l^omo  omne  Genus'  Ani- 
inalium  ad  Delectationem 
Filii,  cum  Qui  bus  etiam 
Leonem,  Adolescens  in- 
fipiciens  Hcec,  contrahebat 
^Jiolestiam  Eh  magis. 
Autem  quodam  Tewfiore, 
adstans  jirofiius  Leoni, 
inquit,  O  t}mcidentissima 
Fera,  asservor  in  hdc 
Domo  firojiter  inane 
Soj-nnium  /ne?  Patris  :  Quid 
faciam    TiH  ?    Et  it  a   di- 


A Certain  elderly  Man  had 
a  I  only  Son  of  a  gene^ 
reus  Spirit,  and  a  Lover 
of  hunting'-dogs.  He  had  seen 
Kim  in  a  Dream  to  be  kilted 
by  a  Lion.  Therefore  afraid, 
lest  6?/  Chance  sometime  an  Event 
should  follow  this  Dream, 
He  built  a  certain  very 
fine,        and  rn.ost       fdeasant 

House ;  bringing  his  Son 
thither,  didaWy  guai-dian  was  pre- 
sent to  Him.  He  had  painted 
in  the  House  every  Kind  of  Ani- 
mals for  the  Delight 
of  his  SoTi,  \f\th  Which  also 
a  Lion.  The  Youth  /ooX*- 
ing  on  these  Things,  C07it7'acted 
Trouble  by  so  much  the  more. 
JBut  on  a  certain  Time, 
standing  nearer  io  the  Lion, 
He  said,  O  most  cruel 
wild  Beast,  /  am  kept  up  in  this 
House  for  a  vain 

Dream  of  my  Father;  What 
%liall  I  do- to  Thee?  And  so  saf'- 


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cens,       incussii       Manura 


l^arieti. 


volens       e  rue  re 


Oculum  Le-^nis^  Sc  offcvde- 
bat  in  Clavo^  Qui  latebat 
iiJic,  qua  Percus3ione 
Manus  emarcuit,  Isf  Sanies 
succrevlt,  b:  Fcbris  subsc- 
cuta  est,  ^  brevi  Tcmjiore 
mortuus  est.  Ita  Leo 
occidit  Adolescentem,  Arte 
VdiXvi^  juvante  Is'ihil. 


ing.  He  airucfc  his  Hand 
on  the  IVall^  yf'\\\\Y\^to Jiluck  out 
the  Eye  of  the  Lion,  VA^dlfehit 
it  on  a  .Vail,  Which  iay  hid 
there,  ivilh  nvhich  Blow 
t/ie  //<?«</ rankled,  and  the  Matter 
gre'Tv  under,  and  a  Fever  fol- 
lowed, and  in  a  short  Time 
H^e  died.  Thus  the  Lion 
killed  the  Youth,  the  Art 
of  the  Father  availing  Nothing. 


MOR.  MOR. 

Hxc      Tabula      indicut.  This  Table 

Neminem  /;o*5^    devitare,  that  no   Man  is   able 

Qua:  sunt  vetura,  those  Tiiingft  Which  are  to  come» 


shows, 
to   avoid 


FABLE  CLXXVIL 


De  Vulpe  ^  Rubo. 

VUlpes,  Cum  ascende- 
ret  quandam  Sepeni, 
ut  vitaret  Periculum 
Quod  videbat  immincre  Sibi, 
comprebtndit  Rubum 

Manibus,  atque  perfodit 
Volam  iicnti- 

bus ;  £c  Cum       foret 

saucia  graviter,  inquit,  ge- 
mens,  Hubo,  Cum  confuge- 
Tim  ad  TV,  ut  juve- 
ris  Me,  Tu  nocuisti 
Mihi.  Cui  Rubus  ait, 
Vulpes,  errdsti,  Qus 
putdsti  capere  Me  pa- 
ri Dolo  quo  CQusuevi- 
^H  capere  catera. 


Of  the   Fox  and  the  Bramble. 

THE  Fox,  ivhen  She  got  up 
upon  a  certain  liedgc, 
that  ohe  might  avoid  a  Danger 
Which  She  saw  to  hang  over  Her, 
catched  hold  of  a  Bramble 
with  her  I^ands,  and  pricked 
the  Hollow  of  her  Hand  'iviih  the 
Thorns;  and  nvhtn  She  was 
?y';w«c/£'(/grievously*//(?5a/Q'groan- 
ing,  to  the  Bramble,  Whcu  \  have 
fled  to  Thte,  that  Thou  mightest 
have  helped  Me,  Thm  hast  hurt 
Me.  T'o  "ujhom  the  Bramble  saz/*, 
O  Fox,  Ifiou  hast  erred,  Who 
hast  tiicughl.  to  take  Me  with  the 
like  Deceit,  with  which  Thou  hast 
used  to  take  other  Things, 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP. 


MOR. 

Fabiila  sigjiijlcaf.^  quod 
est  .  stultum  im/iiorare 
AuxiUum  db  lllis,  Quibus 
est  datum  a  A^atura  potius 
ebesse,  quam  prodesse* 


MoR. 
The  Fable  signijies^  that 
zV  Z.5  a  foolish  Thh"^g  to  imfilore 
Help  from  Them,  to  Whom 
it  is  given  by  JSfature  rather 
^0  /twrf,  than  to  projit. 


FABLE  CLXXVIIL 

De  Vulp.e  ^  Crocodile.         Q/*the  Fox  and  the  Crocodile 


VUlpes    ^  Crocodilu.? 
contendchant  de 

\KobiUtate,  Cum  Crocodi- 
lus  adduceret  Mulia  pro 
iSf,  8c  jactaret  Se 
sufira  Modiiin  ofe 

Splendore  suorum  Proge- 
nitorum;  Vulpes  subridens, 
ait  Ei,  Heus^  Amice, 
etsis  quidem  Tu  non  dix- 
eris  //or,  apparet 

dare  ex  ^mo  Corio,  guodl^in 
Tfiultis  Annis  ftdsti  de- 
nudatus  Splendore  tuoruih 
Progenitoru7ru 


THE  Foat  nnrf  the  Crocodile 
contended  concerning  > 

their  J^ ability.    When  the  Croco- 
dile   brought  many    Things  for  , 
Himself  and     boasted    Himself! 
beyond      Measure       concerning 
the  Splendour    of   his    Ances- 
tors ;        the        Fox       smiling, 
said    to    Him,  'So    //b,  Friend, ' 
although  indeed  Thou  hadst  not 
have    said     This^     it     appears 
clearly  by   thy    Skin,  that    no%v^ 
many  Years  Thou  hadst  bee7ide- 
prived  of  the  Splendour  of  thy 
Ancestors» 


MoR.  MoR. 

Fabnla  signifcat,    quod         The     Fable    signifes,      that 

Res  ipsa  potissimum  refellit  the  Thing  itself  chiefiij  refute» 

mendaces  Homines.  lying  Men. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  XlSOP. 


FABLE  CLXXIX. 

De  Vulpe  13*  VenatD'ribus.  O/'the  Fo:^  ai^d  the  Hunters. 


VUIpes,  effiipcns  Ve- 
iiatores,  ac  jam  defes^a 
currendo  Jter  Viam, 
Casu  repcrit  'Lignatorem^ 
Quern  rogat^  ut  abscondat 
Se  in  quoquo  J.oco.  I  lie 
ostendit  Tectoriiim  ;  Vulfies 
ingrediens  /i7,  abscondit  Sc 
\\\  quodam  Angulo.  Fetia- 
tores  adveniimt,  ro'-^ant 
Lignatorem,  si  vide  ret 
Vulpem.  JJgnator  negat 
Verbis  qiiidem,  Se  vi- 
disse ;  verb        ostcndit 

Locuw.         JVIanu,  i^'jI 

VuIpes  latebat-;  vero  Vena- 
tores^  Re  non  percep- 
ta,  stati-m  abeunt. 

Vuljies^  ut         pros/licit 

Illos        abiisse^  eg-redi- 

ens  Tectorio^  recedit  tacite. 
Lilian  at  or  criminatur 

Vulpem,  (jUud.^  cnxnfecerit 
I'Aim  f>ahnun^  apjeret  nihil 
Graliarum      Sibi.  T::nc 

Vulpes,  cotivsrtens  Se,  ait 
tacite  llli^  Heus,  jlniicc^ 
si  hab  lasses  Opera 

Manuum^  h.  Mores  similes 
tuis  Verbis,  persobvercin 
-meritas  Graiias  tibi. 

MOR. 

Fabula  signijicat^  quod 
nequam  Homo,  etsi  polli- 
cctur  bona^  tamen  prcs- 
Stat  mala  ^  improba» 


THE  Yoy.y  fying  from  the  Hun- 
ters, ajid  now  tired. 
with  runninc^-  along  the  Way, 
by  Chance  found  a  Wood-Cutter^ 
Vvlioni  He  asks^  that  He  may  hide 
Himself    in      any     Place,  He 

showed  the  Cottage ;  The  Fox- 
entering  Ity  hides  Himself 
in  a  certain  Corner.  Jhe  Huii- 
ter-i  come  up,  ask 

the  Vv^ood-C utter,  if  He  saw 
the  Fox.  The  Wood-Cutter  denie*^ 
'in  Wordft  indeed,  that  He  had 
seen  Him ;  but  He  showed 
the  Place  with  his  Hand,  tchei'e- 
the  Fox  lay  hid ;  but  the  Hun- 
ters^ the  Thing  not  being  per- 
ceived, immediately  go  away- 
The  FoXy  as  soon  as  He  fiercei'oe;< 
Them  to  be  gone  away^  coming; 
out  of  the  Cottage,,  retires  silently^ 
The  Wood'Cutter         accuse's 

the  Fox,  that,  when  He  ^lad  madr- 
Him  safe  J  He  gave  nrj 
Thanks       to  Him.  Thc?i. 

the  Fox,  turning  Himself,  soy.v 
softly  to  Him,  Hark  ye,  Friend^ 
U  thou  wouldst  have  had  the  Works 
of  thy  Hands^  and  thy  Morals  like 
to  thy  Words,  /  ivould  paij 
the  deserved  77ww^*  to  thee. 

MoR. 
The       Fable       signi/ies,        that 
a    wicked   Man,     altho'     He     pro- 
mises good    Things^     yet   he   per^ 
formeth  bad  and  Wicked  Things, 
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FABLE  CLXXX. 


De  Cane  vocato  ad 
Cocnam. 


Uidam    Vir,  cum  pa- 
rdsset   opiparam    Coc- 


vocavit 


ue?idam 


Q 

Amicum  Domum ;  Ejus 
Cams  quoque  invitavit 
Canem  Alttrius  ad  Coe- 
'nam,  Canis  ingre^;sus^ 
c]um  vidcret  tantas  Da/ies 
apparatus,  Utus^  ait  Sccum, 
Sane  explebo  Me  ^ta  hodie, 
quod  non  indigebo  comedere 
eras.  Vero         Coquus 

conspiciens,  tacitiis  cepit  per 
Cauda7n,  atque  rotujis 
terque  quaterque^  projecit 
Ilium  per  Fenestram*  Ille 
attonitus  assurgens  Humo^ 
dum  fugit  damans,  cateri 
Canes  accurrunt  Ei,  atque 
rogant,  qiiam  opipare  coe- 
naverit :  At  Ille  languens 
ait,  Ita  explevi  Me 
Potu  Sc  DapihuSy  quod 
CA!/rt  exiverim,  non  vidi 
Viam. 


Of  the  Dog  invited  to 
Supper, 

A  Certain      Man,      when     /r<r 
Aati  prepared  a  dainty  5w/j- 
/icr,  invited  a  certain 

Friend  Home ;  His 

Dog  also  invited 

the  Dog  o/"  /Af  o^Aer  Man  to  «Sk/;- 
;*<°r.  The  Dog  having  entered^ 
when  He  saw  so  great  Dainties^ 
prepared,  7*01//«/,  saysw/VA  Himself,^ 
Truly  /  shall  fdl  Myself  «o  To-Day 
?/za;  I  shall  not  want  to  eat 
To-morrow.  But  the  Cook 
seeing  Him,  silent  took  Him  by 
the  Tail,  and  whirling  Him 
both  three  and  four  Times,  threw 
Him    thro'      the     Window.  He 

amazed  rising  up  from  the  Ground, 
whilst   He  Jiiea    crying,    the   other 
Dogs     run     up     to      Him,       and 
ask,     how    daintily   he     had    sup-^ 
ped :  But       He       languishing 

says.  So  have  I  filled  Myself 
with  Brink  and  Dainties,  that, 
when  I  came  out,  I  saw  not 
the  Way. 


MOE.  MOF. 

Fabula    signifcat,    iiiul-  The  Fable  s'.gnifes,  that   many 

ta    caderc     inter     CaUc£?n  Things    fall  between     the     Cufi 

&  Labra»  jaad  the  J-^ips, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  .ESOF. 
FABLE  CLXXXL 


13: 


De    AqiiiU  t5*  Homing. 

CUM      -(juidam    "llcmo 
ce/iissct  Aq'.iiLim, 

I'fiinis  Alarum 

avulsis  Ei',  diniisit 

Earn  ??ioran  inter  Ga'/:ius. 
Dcinde  Quidaitif  HiCixa- 
tU3,  munit  Alas 

Pennis :  turn  ^h/uila 
volans  capit  Leporem,  t5* 
fert  Ilium  suo  Bencfuctori. 
>Quam  7^^?«  Vulpes  conf^fd- 
cUms^  ait  Honiini^  No- 
il habere  banc  Aquilam 
llospitio,  72e  venetur 
7>,  reque  ac  Leporem. 
Turn  Homo  item  evulsit 
Pennaa      Aquila.. 


O/the  Eagle  and  the  Man. 

WHEN  a  ccrlaia  ISlan 
had  taken  an  Eagle, 
the'  Peatherfi  of  the  Wings 
biivg /ducked Ivowi  her,  A«?  dlsminseU 
Her  io  f/rv.'^//  among  i'/fr  Heyis, 
Afterv/ards  a  certain  Man,  having* 
purchased  htv,  forti/Ics  her  Wings 
li'ifh  I'ea/hers:  then  the  Eagle 
flying  takes  a  Hare,  and 
bears  Jiim  to  her  Benefactor» 
Which  Thing  a  Fox  perceiv- 
ir.g.  He  says  to  the  Man,  Be  un- 
willing to  have  this  Eagle 
in  Entertainment,  lest  she  hunt 
Thee,  as  well  ast  the  Hare. 
J7ir7z  the  Man  aLso  plucked  oil* 
the  Pea i hem  from  the  Eagle. 


MoR.  MCR. 

Hxc  Pabula  significat,  qv:bd  This      Pubic       signifies,       tha- 

Benefactores  guidcm    sunt  Benefuctors             indeed             arc 

remunerandi,i^fro  improbi  to   be   requited,  but   the  Wicked 


(^mnino  vitandi 


,'//,' 


ythcr  to  be  avoided. 


FABLE  CLXXXH. 


Dc  Agricoliu 


QUidam  //bmo,existens 
Agricola,  cum  cog- 
no  .^teret  adesse  Pincm 
Vitx  iiibi,  Sc  cu/ierct  Filios 
jfierl  peritos  in  Cultu 
Agrorum,'YOC2i\it  Eos,  atq; 
ingtiit,  Filii,  it^'-o  dccedo  g 


being 
when 


Of  the  Husbandman' 

A  Certain  Man 

a  Hn^ban-dman, 
J:c  kneiv  that  there  was  an  End 
of  Life  to  Him,  and  desiredMv^  Sons 
«0  become  skilful  m  the  Tilling- 
q/"  Lands,  called  77/c»2,  and 
•sa/c^  O    Sons^,  /    depart    out     of 


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Vita  ;  ormiia  mea  Bona  sunt 
consita  in  Vinea,  Illi,  pest 
Obitum  Patris^  putantes 
refierire  hunc  Thesaurian  in 
Vinea,  Ligonibus,  ATarris^ 
a.c  Bidentihiis  sumptis:/":/«- 
ditus  effodiunt  Vineam,  b. 
non  inveniunt  Thesaurinii ; 
vero,  Cum  Vineay?«7  prob^c; 
<f^b55a,  produxit/on^-fplures 
J*yuctu8  solitu,  atq ;  fecit 
Jlloa  divites. 


Life ;  all  my  Goods  are 
placed  in  the  Viiieijard,  They,  after 
the  Death  of  the  Father,  thinkincj 
to  f)id  this  Treasure  iiv 
the  Vineyard,  Spades,  Mattocks^ 
and  Prongs  being  taken,  entire- 
ly dig  up  the  Vineyard,  and 
do  not  find  the  Treasure ; 
but,  tvhen  the  Vine  ivaa  well 
rfz?^-  7^/?,  it  produced  bij  far  more 
Fruits  than  usual,  anrf  made 
77/cm  rich. 


MOR.  MOR. 

Hsc    Fabula    significat,          This  F'able 

guod  assiduus  Labor  parit  that    daily  Labour    bringeth  forth 

Thesaurum.  Trca^rure, 


signifies^; 


FABLE  CLXXXIIL 

Be  quodam  Piscatore.  Cf  3.  certain  Fisherman, 


C\  Ujdam  Piscator  inex- 
/  pertus  piscandi,  Reti 
ac  Tibiis  assumpti^,  acccdit 
juxta  Littus  Maris,  atq  ; 
superexistens  quodam  Saxo 
coepit  imprimis  tubicinare, 
/lutans,  Se  capturum  esse 
Visces  facile  Cantu  ;  verum 
cum  ccnsegueretur  nullum 
Ejfectum  Cantu,  Tibiis 
depositis,  diinisit 

Ilcte  in  Marc,  ac  cepit 
perplures  V'l^cQS  ;  sed  cum 
extrahcrct  Pisces  e  Reti, 
atque  perspiceret  Flos  sal- 
tantes,  ait  non  insal.se,  O 
improba  Animalia,  cum  tu- 
bici»arem,  noluistis  saltare; 


A  Certain    Fisherman    unskil- 
ful   of   fishing,      his     Ne 
cmd    Pipes      being     taken,       goes 
near   the    Shore    of  the    Sea,    an 
standing  up    on    a    certain     i?oc 
He     began     at    first     to     pipe^ 
thinking,     that     He     6/^ow/c?     take 
F'ishes  easily   with    a    Tune ;    but 
when  lie  obtained  no 

Effect  with  a  Tune,  the  Pipes 
being  laid  down.  He  let  down 
the  Net  into  the  Sea,  cn<i  took 
very  many  Fishes ;  but  when 
]Ie  drew  the  Fishes  out  of  the  Net, 
rt/7£/  perceived  Them  dan- 
cing, ^e  says,  not  univittily,  () 
Kvicked  Animals,  w/if/z  I  pip- 
ed   Ye   'were   wnvilling  to   dance  ; 


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13: 


nunc  quia  cet^o  tubicinare, 
saltutis  eontinuo. 


nonv     because     I  cease     to     pipC; 
Ye  dance  continually. 


MOR.  MOR. 

Hkc    Fabula  Cioc^ii  tjuod  This       Fable       shows,          that 

OmJiia     fiunt    probe^    Qux  All    Things  are  done  rjell^  Which 

Jiwn  siio  Tempore,  are  done  in  their  own    Season, 


FABLE  CLXXXIV. 


De  c^\i\h\x%i!t9ifCiPhcatoribuf?. 

PIscatores  firofecti 

piscatum,  iJf  defessi 
plscando  diu,  prxterca 
oppressi  Fame  8c  Maerort-^ 
quod  ceplssent  Nihii, 
cum  decernant  abire^ 
ecce,  qiddam  Vhc'is/ugiiens 
AVi'jiminsequentem  Se  faltat 
in  Jsravicidam,  Piscatores 
admodum  \7S,\AComfiYehendunt 
Ilium,  ac  veiidunt  in 
Urbe  ^ratzc/j  Pretio. 


Of  certain  Fishermen, 


^ishermen 
to  fis 


haxn?ig 
and 


gonr 
tired 


ivith  Jls'  'ng  a  long  while,  besides 
oppressed  ivith  Hunger  and  Griefy 
because  They  had  taken  Nothing, 
^hen  They  resolve  to  go  a%vay^ 
behold  a  certain  Fish  Jiying 
another  pursuing  Him  leaps 
into  the  Boat,  The  Fishermen 
very  joyful  take 

Him  and.      sell       Him       in 

the  City  at  a  great  Price. 


MoR.  MoR. 

Hsec     Fabula       indicat,  This            Fable                  shows, 

qiiod  Fortuna    exhibet     Id'  that         Fortune         cffers       That 

freqiientius,  Quod  Ars  non  very  frequently^.^\C\^\i  Art  is  not 

potest    ejjicere.  able  to    effect^. 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  J£SOP. 
FABLE  CLXXXV- 


t)e  Inope  ^  infirmo. 

QUidam  Pauper,    cum 
icg-rotarety  vovit 

Diis;  quod,  si  libcrare- 
tur  ab  eo  Morbo,  immo- 
laret  centum  Boves. 
Quod  Dil  volentes  experiri, 
Jacilt  reddunt  Scmitatem  lllu 
Jgitur  liber  a  Morbo, 
cum  non  habere!  JBoves^ 
f]uia  ej-at  pauper,  coHe- 
f^it  Ossia  centum 

i3oum,  ^  deponens 
Jtuper  Altare,  inguit,  Ecce, 
■iiunc  p^solvo  Votumy  Quod 
vovi  Vobis.  Dil  audi- 
entes  Hoc  assi stunt  Ei  in 
Somniis,  atq  ;  infjuiunt,  per- 
gito  ad  Littus  Maris ; 
etenim  ihi  reperies  cen- 
fum  Talenta  Auri  semoto 
Loco.  Ille  expergefactus, 
memdr  Somnii-f  dum 
pergit  ad  Littus,  incidit 
in  Latrones,  Qui  spoliant 
csf  verberant  Kiim» 


Cythe  poor  and  infirm  Man. 

A  Certain  poor  Man,  when 
He  Kvas  sick,  vowed 
to  the  Gods,  that  zyHe  should  be 
freed  frojn  that  Disease,  He 
would  sacrifice  a  ImndTed  Oxen. 
Which  the  Gods  tvilling  to  try 
easily  restore  Health  to  Him. 
Therefore  free  from  the  Disease, 
ivhen  he  had  not  the  Oxen^ 
because  he  -Mas  poor,  He  ga- 
thered the  Bones  of  a  hundred 
Qxen,  and  putting  them  down 
upon  the  Altar,  He  said^  Behold,, 
now  I  pay  the  Voiv,  Which 
Vvoived  to  You.  The  Gods  hear- 
ing This  stand  before  him  in 
Dreams,  and  say,  Go^ 

to  the  Shore  of  the  Sea; 
for  there  Thou  shaJt  find  a  hun-^ 
dred  Talents  of  Gold  in  a  secret 
Place.        He  having  arose, 

mindful  of  the  Dream,  whilst 
He  goes  on  to  the  Shore,  falls 
among       Thieves,  Who       rob 

and  beat  Him. 


MoR.  MoR.- 

Hjec       Pabula      indicat.  This            Fable 

fjuod     Mendaces    accipiant  that                      Liars 

TPr^mia  Mendaciorum,  the    Rewards    of  Lies. 


shows^ 
receive 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOF, 
FABLE  CLXXXVL 
Vs  Fiscatoribus.  O/  tbe  Fisherrnciu 


QUID  AM  PUca tores 
trahebant  Hetc  Maii ; 
i^u^d  cuni  Hcntirent  esse 
grave^  Ixtabantur  magno- 
ficre,  putantes/wr'iSc'  multos 
Pisces ;  sed,  iit  traxis- 
sent  Rrte  in  Terram^ 
cu'infiers/nc7u?it\ia,\ico?,/'i.'iC€.s' 
qiiidem,  vrr^iiigens  Saxian 
inesse  Rcti^  fiunt  t7-t.s'te-s. 
Qui  dam  cjc  111  is,  jam 
grandis  JEtate^  inquit/;rz/- 
drnter  Sociis,  F.sitote 
(jiiielis  Animis  ;  qiiippe 
Moestitia  est  Soror  Lxtitix; 
etenhn  oportet  JV&v  pro- 
spicere  futuros  Casus,  ^ 
lit  Quis  ferat  illos 
Icviu'i',  persuade  re  Sibi 
esse  eventuros. 

MOR. 

H(ec  Fabula  signifcai^ 
quod  Qui  reminiscitur 
humanx  Sortis,  ajficitur 
Hiinime  in  ad  vers  is. 


CERTALN"  Fi^hcrnic7i 

drew  thtir  Xvt  out  of  the  Seaj 
Ihi'ch  Milieu  f/u-y  /lerccivtd  to  be 
fuavy^  They  rejoiced  great- 
ly^ tliinkintj  that  there  nvcre  many 
Pifihcs ;  but,  as  soon  as  They  had 
dragged  the  J^ct  unto  the  Lund, 
when  They  fierccive  few  Pi.'^hes 
indeed,  but  a  vast  Stone 
to  be  /;;  the  JVit,  They  become  sad. 
A  certain  One  of  Them,  no^o 
great  by  Age,  says  pru- 
dcntly  to  his  Companions,  Be  1> 
of  quiet  Minds;  for 

Sorrsi'j  is  the  Sister  of  Gladness  ; 
for  it  behoveth  Us  to  fore- 
see future  Mischances,  and 
that  any  Man  may  bear  Them 
more  lightly,  to  persuade  Jlirnsef 
that  They  will  come  to  pass. 

MoR. 
This  Fable  '"^i^nifcs, 

that       He       ivho       remembereth 
human  Lot,  is  ajfcctcd 

the  least  in  adverse  Things. 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP, 
FABLE  CLXXXXVIL 


De  Cata  mutatd  m 
Fonninam* 

QUxdam   Cata^     capta 
Ainore  cujusclam 

.s/:.:^:osi  Adolescenlis, oravit 
Venerem,  ut  mutaret 
Fmiyl  in  Foeminavi.  Venus 
miser ta  lUitis  mutavit  Earn 
in  Formam  /'oe?ri/me;  Quaitk 
cum  esset  valde  formosa, 
jimator  adduxit  Doinum, 
Sed  Cum  sederent  simul  m 
Cubiculcr^  Venus  volens 
experiri,  si,  Facie  mutatd, 
mutasset  ^  Mores, 
conatitvdt  Miirem  in  Medi- 
um ;  Quam  cum  Ilia 
prospexit,  oblita  Formae  iP' 
Amoris,  persecuta  est 
Murem,  nt  cape- 

ret  ;  super  qua  Be  Venus 
indig^ata,  denuo  mutavit 
Eam=  in  pricwem  Formam 
Cat». 

MoR. 
Fabula    signijicat,    quod 
Homo,         licet  mutet 

Presonam,  tamcn  retinct 
eo-sdan  Mores. 


Of  the  She-Cat  being  changed  into 
a   Woman. 


/~\,  with  the  Love  of  a  certain  \ 
beautiful  Young  Ma^i,  besought 
Venus,  that  She  would  change 
Her  into  a  Woman,  Venus 
having  pitied  Her  changed  Her 
into  the  shape  of  a  Woman  ;  whom, 
•when  She  was  very  beautiful, 
the  Lover  led  Home. 

B'.it  when  They  sat  together  in 
the  Chatnber,  Venus  toilling 
to  try,  if  the  Face  being  changed. 
She  had  changed  also  her  Morals, 
placed  a  Mouse  m  the  Mid- 
dle ;  Which  when  She  . 
saw,  having  forgot  her  Shape  a«t/  1 
Love,  She  pursued 
the' Mouse,  that  She  might  take 
Her  ;  upon  which  Thing  Venus 
being  angry,  again  changed 
Her  into  the  former  Shape 
of  a  Cat. 

MoS. 
The       ^F'able       signifies,      that 
a    Man,     altho*     He    may     change 
his         Person,  yei         retains 

the  same  Manners* 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  itSOP. 


FABLE  CLXXXVin. 


De  duobus  Inimicis, 

DUO  Qtiidam  habentes 
Inimicitias  inter  «SV 
iravig-abant  rind  in  Xavi, 
Et  cum  K\X.iivncn  pater stur 
Alteram  atare  in  codnn 
Loco,  Unua  sedit  in  Piippi, 
Jlter  in  Prord,  Aiitfm^ 
Tempcstate  orta^  (iKm 
J^'avis  esset  in  Periciilo,Q?/i 
sedebat  m  Prorfi  rogat  Gii- 
bernatorem  Alains,  Qux 
jPar«  Navis./bre;  snbmersa 
Jirius  ;  Sc  ca7«  Gubernator 
dixisset  Puppim,  Illc  ait, 
Mors  nunc  «on  ^«^  adeo 
molcsta  Mihi,  «z  perspicio 
Hieum  l7ii?nicum  mori firius. 


O/'the  two  Enemies. 

TWO  certain  Men  having 
Enmities  between  Thcynselvcs 
sailed  together  in  «  «/!///. 
And  ivhen  the  One  «ryoi^/rf  wof  suj^cr 
the  Other  ^o  ifawrf  in  the  same 
Place,  O^e  sat  at  the  Head, 
?/ie  Other  at  ^Ae  5fe»-n.  ^7/'. 
a  Tempest  harving  arose.,  when 
the  Shi/i  was  m  Danger,  Ife  that 
satflt  the  Prow  asks  the  Gover- 
nor o/  the  Ship,  What 
7*arf  of  the  Ship>  would  be  sunk 
Jirst  ;  and  ty/^en  the  Pilot 
had  said  the  Stern,  //<?  said, 
Death  now  f»  72  ot  so 
troublesome  to  Me,  //  I  perceive 
my  E?iemy  to  die^r*^. 


MoR. 
Hoec  Fabida  redarguit 
Jmmicitias  Hominum  ;  cinn 
Inimicus  sapius  digit 
perdere  Seipsum,  ut  per- 
dat  Inimicu?n, 


MOR.. 

This  Fable  reproves 

the  En7nitie8  of  Men;  ivhen 
one  Enemy  very  often  chooses 
to  destroy  Himself,  that  He  may 
destroy  his  Enemy, 


FABLE  CLXXXIX. 
De  Cane  ^  Fabro.  0/the  Dog  and  the  Smith. 


Q 


lUidam  Faber  habebat 
Canem,  Qui,  f/"»i 
Ipse"  cudebat  Ferrum, 
dormiebat  continue»;  'verb 
cum  nmnducabat,  Canis 
sidtim   cissurgebat,  i5*  sine 


A 


Certain 


Doi 


Smith 
Which, 
struck  the 

continually 


had 

ivhilet 
Irpn, 

but 


He 

slept 

when        He       eat,        the        Doe 

immediately  rose   up,  an^l^  Vithovi 


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MorJi  corrodebat.  Qua 
crant  dtjccta  sub  Mcnsd^ 
ceu  Gsna^  ^^  Alia 
hiijusmocii.  Qvajyi  Rem 
Faber  aniin.a<lv;.'rtenSi  alt 
ad  Canem^,  He  us,  Mhrr^ 
nescio  Quid  faciam ; 
Qw/,  dum  iudo  FeiTum, 
clormis        contini  o.  ^ 

teneris    Scgniiie  ;     rvirsiift 
cum  nioveo.  Bent:.'s,  statim 
Y^^  r^'is,    &c    afijaaudis   Mini 

Mo?. 
Fabula  slff:-ujicai,  quod 
Sccjrdesk.  ^.cmnolnzti^  Qui 
x;/x;wn<eji.Xaocr;(^;^saliorurn, 
s;mf  coercendi  gravi 
Censuri. 


Delay  gnawed  r^;o?e  things  ivhlcm 
^ve^e  thronvn  down  under  the  Table- 
as  Bones^  and  o^'Aer  Things 
of    this     Kind.  IVhich    Thiii^- 

/Ae  Smith  mindinc^,  //e  fcvs 
to  M(?  ^Q^>  So  Ho,  JVretch^ 
1    know    not      IVhai    I    shall    do; 

V/ho,  whilst  /  ftrike  the  Iron, 
sleejicf^t  continually,  and 

art  ]  ossessed  nvith  Sloth ;  again 
ivhen  I  move  my   Teeth^  presently- 

Thou  risest^  and  Jlattercst  Me 
'ivith  thy  Tail, 

MOR. 

The  Fable  signijics,  that 
the  Slothful  and  Dro-.vsy,  Who 
//z'^  out-  of  if Ae  Labours  of  Others, 
«r^  to  be  restrained  nvilh  a  heavy 
Censure. 


FABLE  CXC. 

De  quadam  Mzi/fi".  Of  n  certain  Mule, 


OU^edam  Tjutla^  effecta 
/;  utguis  nimio  HordeOy 
.lasciviebat  niniid  Pingue- 
dine,  inquiens  Secuna, 
Equus  fuit  meus  Pater,  Qui 
erat  celerrlmus  Cursu,  i'X 
Ego  sum  similis  F.i  per 
Omnia,  Parum  pht  con- 
tigii  (j'uod  oportulc  Mulam 
currere  quantum  potuit; 
Vf/  turn  cessavit  Cursu, 
^lult.  Hcu!  Mlneram  Me, 
put^*)am  iV/<?  esse    So- 


yit 


nunc 


A  Certain  Mule^  being  made 
fat  with  too  much  Barley^ 
wantoned  ivith  too  much  Fat- 
ness, saying  with  Herself, 
A  Horse  was  7mj  Father,  IVho 
was  softest  in  the  Race,  and 
I  t'w  like  him  \\\ 

all  Thingf>,  A  little  after  It  hap- 
pened, that  It  behoved  M<?  7l/i//e 
to  run  as  much  an  She  could; 
but  when  She  ceased  from  Running, 
She  aaid^  Alas!  'ivr  etched  Me, 
K7i0  thought  Myself  to  be  ^'^e  Oj^- 
spring    01    the     Horse !.  ^wf  now 


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V 

143  \ 


-wemhil       Patrem      fiiisse     I     remember   that  my  Father  nvaf 
Asinum.  an  Ass.  ^ 


MoR. 
Fabtila  dgnijicat^  qrod 
Stulti  non  aguoscunt  Sc- 
ij'isos  in  /n'Oi/ieris ;  sed  in 
adversis  ficr^afie  recognos- 
cuwt  suos  EiTores. 


MoR. 
Tlie  Fi;b"ic  ^^'g^i^ef^,  that 
Fooh  do  liot  know  T/nm- 
stives  in  /rro^/ierous  Tliirgs ;  but  in 
adverse  Thin^is  very  often  They 
again  know  their  Errors. 


FABLE  CXCI. 


De  Medico  ^ 
Mortuno. 


Of  the   Physician    and 
the    dead    Man. 


QUidam  Mcdlcu.f^  Qui 
curazK}-at  ^iLg-rotuin, 
(^u  paiilo  /dfit  moriebatur, 
aithcit  IHis,  Qui  cflcrebant 
Fvnus^  Si  ifite  Wvahsiiyju- 
ifiset  Vino,  l?"  fuisset  us  us 
Clysierihufi^  non  fuisset 
ivortuus.  Quida^i  ejc  His, 
Qui  aderant,  ait  Medi- 
co fiuud  infacetl",  Ihu^^ 
Medice,  i^ta  Consilia 
fueruut  diccnda,  eian  qui- 
bant/.TOcV?.5<?,non/r///^C5Cum 
■valsnt  Nil. 


A  Certain  Phynclan^  Who 
Lad  looked  (fier  a  sick  Man, 
i\'h(j  a  little  after  died» 
said  to  Them,  Who  bore  the 
Funeral^  If  that  Man  had  abstain- 
ed  from  Wine,  and  had  used 
Clysters^  He  would  not  have  been 
dead,  A  certain  One  of  These, 
Who  were  present,  says  to  the  Phy- 
sician nvt  unv.ittily,  So  Ho^ 
Physician,  those  Counsels 

were  to  be  told,  ivhen  They  Avcre 
able  to  proff^  not  now,  when 
They  avail  Nolhin£> 


MoR. 
Fabula   siicnifcat,    qrod 
nii  Consiliiun  7ion  /iroijl^, 
dcd'tid  eo  7'cm/iore 
deludere  Amicum,  i 


jMor. 

The     Fable        ^ii^nifics,         W\ir 

r:hen    Counsel     does     not     firqt^ 

to  give  It   at   that    Time   is    t^n- 

to  play  upon  r  Friend,  ick. 

^  him 
went 


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FABLE  CXCn. 


De  Cane  b*  Lupo. 


O/'the  Dog  and  the  Wolf. 


C'lUM  CVr;?/.vdormiret  ante 
^  A  111  am,  Lupus  siiper- 
veniens  stati-m  cepit  Jium^ 
Sc  Cum  vellet  occidere 
Eum,  Canis        orabat, 

nt-  occidcrei  Eum,  inquieiis^ 
Heus,  mi  Lupe,  nunc  noli 
occidere  Me  ;  navi^Mtvidc's^ 
sum  icJiuis,  gracilis,  ^ 
macilentus  ;  sed  mens  Hc- 
run  est  farcturus  JS/upttas, 
ubi,  si  exptciabii  parum, 
-^'^•omanducanso/2  ipa  r<',atq ; 
/actus  pinguior,  ero  uti- 
lioi'  Ttbi,  Lupus 

habens  Fidem  his  Verbis 
dimisit  Canem.  Pout 
paiicos  Dies  Lupus  accedens 
ciuwreprrit  Caiieni  dormien- 
tem  Domi,  stasis  a-nte 
.iulam^  rogat  Canem^  ut 
pnestaret  Prom  is  sa 

Sibi,  Canis  inquit^  Heus, 
JLupe^  s?l  cepU)^es  Ivle  ante 
Aulam,  non  expecta- 
■V  e ris  N  u ptl  as  frus  t  ra . 


T^J'HEN  l/.'c  Dog-  slept  before 
V\  the  Hall,  the  U'off  coming 
upon  Him,  prcsenily  took  Him ; 
and  Kvhen  He  was  willing  to  slay 
Him,  the  Dog-  besought  Him, 
that  he  would  not  kill  Him,  saying 
So  Ho,  my  V/olf,  now  be  unwilling 
to  kill  Mc ;  ./or,  as  you  see, 
I  am         thin,         lea.n,         and 

slender;  but  my       Mas- 

ter is  about  to  mak«  a  JVedding-, 
v/heh,  if  you  will  wait  a  little, 
/  eating  daintily,  and 

being  become  fatter,  shall  be  more 
advantageous  to  Thee.  The  Wolf 
having  Faith  in  these  Words 
dismissed  the  Dog»  Jifier 
a  few  Days  the  Wolf  coming, 
when  He  foimd  the  Dog  sleep- 
ing at  Home,  ^standing  before 
the  Hall,  asks  the  Dog,  that 
He  would  perform  his  Promises 
to  him.  The  Dog  says,  Hark  ye, 
Wolf,  if  Thou  hadf-.t  taken  Me  before 
the  Hall,  Thou  wouldst  <i:ot  have 
expected  the  Wedding  in  vain. 


MOR. 

IIxc       Tabula      indicat.  This 

cpiod    Sapiens,    cum  8e?nel  that    a 

vitavcrit,    Pericidum,    con^  He  hat 

tnuio  caret  in  fuiuro*  tinuall 


1    jujMe 


MOR. 

liable  shows, 

Man,  Avhen  once 
d  a  Danger,  con- 
'are  for  the  future. 


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FABLE  CXCIIL 


De  Cane  b*  Gallo. 


Q/"the  Do^  and  the  Cock. 


CAnis  e/  Callus  Soc'ti 
faciebant  Iter  ;  autem 
Vca/ieri  supervenicnte, 

G alius  dormiebat  inter  R^- 
rcios  jlrboris  i  at  Caw/«  ad 
Radicem.  Cum  Gallus^  ut 
assoltt,  cantabat  Aoctu, 
VulpescMri/v/trum,  accur- 
ritj  bcstans inferius rogabutj 
ut  dcscenderet  ad  6V, 
quod  cuperet  complecti 
Animal  adjO  ccmwendabile 
Cantu ;  autemy  cum  /« 
dixisset,  ut  prius  excitaret 
Janitorem  dormientem  ad 
jRadicem^  ut  dcscende- 
rety  cum  ///e  aperuisset ; 
//(^0  quaerente,  wt  vocaret 
Ipfium^  Canis  proailiena 
dilaceravit  Ful/iem, 


ADo^anddiCockComfianions 
made    a    Journey ;      but 
±.v€ning  coming  on, 

the  Cock  slept  among  the  Bran- 
ches ©/"a  yred";  but  t/ie  Bog-  at 
Me  Boot.  When  the  Cock,  as 
Ife  is  Tvoni^  cix)wed  m  the  J^ight, 
a  Fox  heard  Him,  rz^n*  lo 
/z/m,  and  standing  below  aakedy 
that  //e  wouldcome  down  to  AVw, 
because  He  desired  to  embrace^ 
<z;i  Animal  so  conime  'able 
for  Song  ;  *m^,  when  //f 
had  said,  t/m/  first  Heshouldwake 
the  Porter         sleefiing       at 

rAe  i?oo^,  that  //e  m/^-A^  come 
</07yn  when  He  had  opened ; 
/^e  asked,  that  He  would  call 
Him,  the  Dog  leaping  ou: 
tore  Me  -Fo^. 


MoR. 

Fabula    signijicat,     pru- 

■dentes  Homines  mittere  Ini- 

mico*      potentiores     gvum 

>3e,  ad  fortiore« 

J9tUn 


MoR. 
The  Fable  signifes,  that  pru- 
dent Alen  send  -fc'ne- 
w/e*  more  powerful  than 
Themselves,  to  the  more  brave 
dj/  Do/?, 


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FABLE  CXCIV. 


De  Panis. 

DUtE  Ran<e  pascebantur 
in  Palude  ;  autem 
JEstatc  Palude  sicca- 
ta,9w<£rr6fl:?z;aliam;  cccteriini 
invenerunt  profundum 

Puteum  ,  Quo  viso,  Altera 
dixit  Alteri^  Heus  Tu^ 
descendamus  in  hunc 
Puteum i  lUsir C'^/iondens  ait, 
Si  Aqua^  aruerit  hie, 
^"guomodo  ascendemiis  ? 

^^"'           MOR.  '  MOR. 

Fabula  declarat,  quOd  The  Fable  declares^  that 
nullde  Res  sunt  agendse  in-  no  Things  are  to  be  done  in- 
considerate, considerately» 


0/the  Frogs* 

TWO       Frogs      were     fed 
in       a        Marsh ;         Awf  i 
in  Summer  theMarsh  being  dried! 
up,   They  sought  another  ;     but 
They         found  a  deeji 

Well ;  Which  being  seen.  One 
said  to  the  Other^  So  ho  Foz/, 
let  us  descend  into  this 
Well ;  the  Other  anscyerm^- says, 
J/ the  Water  should  dry  up  here, 
how  shall  we  get  up  ? 


FABLE  CXCV. 


De  Leone  t^.Urso, 


Cythe  Lioriancf  the  Bear- 


<^ 


EO  13* .  Ursus,  cjuum 
cepissent  magnum 
Wmn\i\\x\fi-,pugnaba7it  de^o, 
&  vulnerati  graviter  d 
seipsis  jacebant  defatigati. 
Fw/y?e«,videns6'o«prostratos, 
13*  Hinnulum  jacentem  in 
Medio^  rapuit  Hunc,  2x.fu- 
giebat.  Illi  -videbant,  sed 
quia  non  potuerant  surgere, 
dicebant,  Heu  I  miseros 
JVbfi,  quia  laboravimus 
Vulpi. 


THE  Lion  cnrftheBear,wA^7^ 
they  had  takeii  a  great 
Fawn,  fought  about  Him, 
and  wounded  grievously  by 
one  another  ^A<?z/  /az/c/ow^i  tired. 
a  yb.^^seeing  them  laid  down, 
and^^^Kj^  Fawn  lying  in 
//t<?||^^^^Bnatched//2m,andr<3r;z 
a7:;aPH||^hey  «a<u;  /^zVn,  but 
becaus^yA\e.y  could  not  rise^ 
They  said,  Alas  I  wretchedi 
Us,  because  We  have  Iqbourei 
for  the  Fox. 


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MOR. 

Fabula  si^nifcat^  quod 
dum  Alii  laberant  Alii 
potiuniur    Prxda. 


MoR. 
The     Fable      sitfjiijies,    that 
whilst     Some     labour^    Others 
enjoy   the  Prey. 


FABLE  CXCVL 


Z)eCASSITA. 


CAssita,  cajita  Laqueo 
diccbat  idorans^  Hei  1 
Mihi  miser  a  Ec  infelici^ 
noii  surripui  Aurum  neqvie 
Argenturn  ciijusquam; 

a:item  Granum  Triticl  fuit 
Causa  ineac  Mortis, 


Of  the  Lark. 

THE  Lark  taken  in  a  Snare, 
said  larncni77?g-j      Alasl 

to  Me  miserable  and  un/ia/i//yy 
1  have  not  taken  away  theGoldnov 
the  Silver  of  any  One ; 
but  a  Grain  of  IVhcat  has  been 
the    Cause  of  my   Death. 


MoR.  MoR. 

Fabula  tendit     in      Eos  The     Fable     tends  to    Thcm^ 

Qui  subtunt  magnum  Peri-  Who     undergo        great       ZJa/z- 

culiim  ob  inutile  Lucrum.  5"£"r  for  unfircfitable  Gain. 


FABLE  XCVIL 
De  Leone  co^?/<*f.'o  Senio.     Cy  the  Lion  7yo?*M  owr  with  Age. 


CUM  Leo  scnuisr.et, 
*iec  ^o^sctnuartre  Vic- 
tum,  irachinahatur  Viam, 
qui  Alimenta  hand  dccssent 
Sibi.  Igitur    ingressus 

S/iehnicam,  jacens,^«?>n//(7- 
b  i(  Se  vrhc?nenter  rc^J|^are. 
AnimaUa,  putantia  •  se 
vere  tcgotrare^  r^ccedebant 
ad  Eum  Gratia  visitandi ; 
Quce  Leo  eapiens  mandu- 
cabat       singnlarim,       CuiTfi 


WHenM.'2.?owwasgrownoId, 
nor  cotild  get  his  Liv- 
ing, ^- //<?  contrived  a  Way, 
hr  ivPYov'^y.ionshouldnotbewanting 
toHira.  TV/rr^/br^having entered 
the  JJni,  lying  down,  He  feign- 
cdH'im^^Ux'cheinently  to  be  sick. 
The I'vlng  t  ^'cctifres, thinking;  him 
verily  to  be  sick,  went 
to  Hini/c/7-r/tf  6'o^-t'ofvisitingHim ; 
Whom  the  Lion  taking  eat 
up  sijighj,  WhcB 


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jam  occidisset  multa  Ani- 
malia,  Vulpes^  Arte  Leoiiia 
cognita,"  accedcna  ad  Jldi- 
tuni  Speluncx,  stans  exte- 
rius,  rogat  Leonem  quomodo 
valeret.     Lto     respondens 


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noiv  He  had  killed  many  KvCxA 
mals,  The  Fox^  the  Art  cfthe  Lion 
being  known,  coming  io  the  En- 
trance  oi"the  Cave,  «/«7?rf/n^  with- 
out, asks  the  Lion  hoio 
He    did.      The  Lion  answering. 


blajide       Ei       ait,        Filia    fairly  to    Him    said,  Daughter 


Vidpes,  cur  non  ingrederis 
intro  ad  Me  ?  Vul/ies  ait  non 
illepide,  Quoniam,  mi 
Here,  cerno  equidem  perplu- 
ra  Vestigia  Animalium  in- 
gredicntium,  sed  nulla  \^e- 
sti  gia  ^orMw  egredientium. 

MOR. 

Fabula  signijicat,  quod 
prudens  Homo,  Qni  pro- 
videt  imminentia  Pericula, 
facile  devitat  Ilia. 


Fox,  Avhy  dost  Thou  not  enter] 
in  to  Me  ?  The  Fox  said  not 
unAvittily,  Because,  my 

il/as^er,  Iperceivemrf<?erfveryma^ 
ny  Footstcfis  of  Animals  enter^^] 
ing  in,  but  no  Foot- 
steps of  Them  coming  out. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  signifies,  that 
a  prudent  Man,  Who  fore- 
sees imminent  Dangers, 
easily  avoids  Them. 


FABLE  CXCVHL 


De  Leone  c^*  Tauro. 

LEO  sequens  ingentem 
Taurum  per  Insidias, 
cum  accessit  prope,-z'cca-c7*/f 
Eum  ad  Coenam,  inquiens, 
Amice,  occidi  Ovem, 
coenabis  Mecum  Hodie,  si 
placet  Tibi.  Postquam 
discubuissent,  Tuaivus 

conspiciens  plures  Lebetcs, 
i:>  Obeliscos  paratos,  8c 
adesse  nullam  Ovem  Illi, 
voluit  decedere;  ^  Oucin 
leo  perspiciens  jam  abcun- 
tern,  rogavit,  cur  abirct. 
Taurus  respondit,  Equidem 


0/tbe  Lion  ctzc/ the  Bull. 

A  LION  following    a    great'' 
Bull         by         Treachery, 
when     He    came   near,    invited 
Him       to        Supper,        sayingy 
Friend,  /  have  killed  a  Sheep, 
You  shall  sup  with  Me  to  Day,  if; 
it  pleases    You.      As     soon   a» 
They  had  sat    down,     the  Bull; 
seeing      »  n^any         Cauldrons, 
and  Spits         ready,         and 

that  there  was  no  Sheep  for  Him,: 
was  willing  to  depart ;  IVhom 
the  Vionperceivingnowgoingaway^' 
asked  Him,  why  He  would  go. 
IVie      Bull    answered,     Truly 


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non  abeo  de  Nihilo, 
ciun  videam  Instrumenta 
parata  non  ad  coquendam 
Ovem,  sed  Tauruni. 

MOR. 

Fabula  signifcat^  quod 
Artes  improborum  non 
latent  prudentes. 


I  do  not  go  away  for  Nothing', 
ivhen  I  see  Instruments 
prepared  not  to "  drts.^ 
a  Sheep,  but  a  Bull.  p 

V 

MoR. 
The    Fable      si^ijies^       that 
the  Arts  of  the  wicked  do    not 
lie  hid  from  the  prudent. 


n 

i 


FABLE  CXCIX. 


De  ^Egroto  ist  Me- 
dico. 

^n^  ger,  rogatiis  ^ 
J_X1j  ^fedico  de  f^vd 
Salute,       resjiondlt^  Se 

ftuddssc  violenter ;  Afedi- 
cus  ait,  Id  fuisse  bonum ; 
rogatus  ab  eodem  Medico 
secundo  quomodo  invenie- 
bat  Sc,  ^grotus  inquit^ 
Sq  fuisse  comprensum  ve- 
hementi  Frigore  :  Medicus 
quoquc  ait^  Id  fore  ad 
t^alutefn.  Interrogatus 

tertii)  ab  codeni^  quomodo 
reperiebat  Se,  JE'grotus 
inquit^  Se  non  potnisse 
digerere  sine  magna  DiJJi- 
cultate,  Medicus  ait  rursus, 
Id  fuisse  ofnimum  ad 
Salutem  ;  deinde,  cii77i 
Quidam  Domesticorum 

interrogaret  JE^rotian^ 

quomodo  valeret,  ait  Ille^ 
ut  ALdicns  ait,  ^unt 
Mlhi  jnulla  £c  optima  Signa 


Of  the  Sick  Man  and  the  Phy- 
sician. 

The  Sick  Man  being askedhy 
the  Physician  about  his 
Health,  answered^  That  He 
had  siveated  violently  ;  the  Phy- 
sician  says,  that  That  wns  good ; 
asked  by  the  same  Physician 
a  second  time,  hoiv  He  found 
Himself  the  sick  Man  aaidy 
that  He  was  seized  with  a  vehe- 
ment Coldness :  The  Physician 
also  says,  that  That  was  for 
his  Health,  Asked 

a  third  time  by  the  same,  how 
He  found  Himself,  the  sick  Man 
saidy  that  He  was  not  able 
to  digest  without  great  Diffi- 
culty, The  Physician  says  again, 
that  That  was  the  best  for 
his  Health ;  afterwards,  when 
some  One  of  his  Domestics 
asked  the  sick  Man, 

how       He       did,       says       He, 
as  the  Physician  says,  there  are 
to  Me  7«a/7z/  and  the  best  Signs 
N  2-  ' 


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SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP. 


ad  Salutem,  tamen  disper-    for       Health,       yei       I       pe- 
so itlis  Signis.  rish  by  those  Signs. 


MoR.  MoR. 

Fabida  indicat,  ylssenta-  The  Fable  ^howi^  $hat  Flattcr- 


}:res  esse  culpandos. 


era  are  to  be  blamed. 


FABLE  CC- 


JDe  quodam  Lighutore. 


Of  a  certain  Wood-Cutter* 


DUM  quidam  JLigna^ 
tor  scindebat  Lignum 
juxta  Flumen,  dicatum  Deo 
Mcrcurio,  Securis  Casu 
decidit  in  Flumen.  Igitur 
affectus  multo  Moerore, 
considebat  gemens  juxtd 
Ripam  Fluminis,  Mer- 
curius,  motus  Misericordiil, 
apparuit  LignariOy  Sc 
rogavit  Causam  sui  Fletus  ; 
Quam  simul  ac  didicit, 
affercns  auream  Secu7'i?ny 
rogavit,  utriim  esset 
i//a,  Qu^TCi  fierdiderat.  At 
Paufier  negaVit  esse 
suam.  Secundo  Mercurius 
detulit  alteram,  argenteam; 
Quam,  Cum  Pauper 
iff.egar€t  quoque  esse  suam, 
fiostrenl  Mercurius  detulit 
ligneam  ;  cum  Pau- 
per assentirel,  Illam  esse 
sxidimmercuriiis, cognosctns 
Illiun  esse  Hominem  verum 
^^ustum,  dedit  Omnes  Sibi 
Dono.  Igitur  Ligna- 
rius,  accedens  ad  Socios^ 
declarat     Quid     acciderat 


WffIL  5  r  a  certain  JVood- 
Cutter  cleaved  Wood 
near  a  River,  dedicated  to  the  God 
Mercury,  his  Ax  by  Chance 
fell  into  the  River.  Therefore 
aftected  nvith  ?nuch  Grief, 
He  sac  down  sighing  near 
the  Bank  of  the  River»  Mer- 
cury, moved  -with  Pity, 
appeared  to  the  Wood-Cutter,  and 
asked  \hQ  Cause  of  his  Weeping; 
Which  as  soon  as  He  learnt, 
bringing  to  him  a  golden  *^r. 
He  asked,  zvhether  It  was 
That^  Which  he  had  lost.  But, 
the  floor  Man  denied  that  it  was 
his.  A  second  Time  Mercury 
brought  another,  a  silver  One  s 
Which,  when  the  poor  Man 
denied  also  to  be  his, 
at  last  Mercury  reached 
the  wooden  One  ;  when  the  Poop 
Man  agreed,  that  That  was 
his,  mercury         knowing 

Him  to  be  a  Man  tru6 
and  just,  gave  Them  All  to  Him 
for  a  Gift.  Therefore  the  Wood- 
Cutter,  coming  to  his  Ccmfmnions 
declares    What    had  happened 


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Sibi»  Unus  e  Sociis 
volcns  experiri  Id^  cum 
accessisiiet{i<\Flu7ntn^d^]cc\\. 
Stcuriin  in  Aquam^  deinde 
C07is€dit  flens  in  .Ripa  ; 
cauiam  ciijus  Jlttus  cum 
Merciirius  auclivisi:et,  ajj'e- 
r(?«5auream<SVc«777/2,iogavit 
illane         esses,  Qiiam 

perdiderat:  Quam,  (um 
assereret  esse  suam-,  Mci- 
curius,  ejus  Impudenlia  cc^*- 
nitily  nee  tradidit  Ei 
aurca?n,  nee  suam, 

MoR. 
^    Tabula    si^nijicatj    quod 
(j'uand     Deus     r*/     piopi- 
tior  Probis^     existit    ?';/£■«- 
fjor  Improbis. 


^0  /i7w.  One  o/ his  Companions 
wiiluiff  to  try  /^,  ^v^.en 
i/<?  rG7;;(^  to  f/ie  River ^  Uirew 
/;/5  ^a.'  into  the  Uuter,  then 
He  &at  -n-eepin^  on  the  Bank; 
;//«•  cause  ot  whose  nv^eping  when 
Mercurij  had  heard,  ^nT?^"- 
/7>^  a  golden  Jjc^  He  asktd^ 
Whether  That  was  It,  /r/./cA 
He  hud  lost  :  liJiich^  when 
he  asserted  to  be  /w*  6vu;?/,  Mer- 
cury, ///.*  Impudence  being 
kr.oan,  neither  d-livcrcd  to  Him 
the  goidcn  Cue,  nor  his  own, 

MoR. 
The      Fable     signijic:.,      that 
^j/  /;c/vy  ;/mcA  God  /6  more  propi- 
tious to  the  lione.H.  He  is  rhc  more: 
infcituous  to  the  Wicked. 


FABLE  CCL 


De   Medico,    Qui   curabat     Q/*  the 
Insanos, 


Physician,    JVho   cured 
the  Mud. 


P Lures  colloquebcntur  de 
suiierjiud  cura  Eorum, 
^ui  alunt  Canes  ad  Aucu- 
plum.  Qui  dam  ex  lis 
i7iquit,  Stultus  Mcdiolani 
risit  Hes  rectfe.  Cum 
Fabula  fwsceretur,  inquit, 
Fuit  Medicus,  Ci-vis  Medio- 
lani,  Qui  suscipiebat 
sanare  InsanoSjrft\/a  :o2  ad  -S  c 
intra  certum  Tempus  : 
ant  em  Curatio  erat  hujus 
Modi ;  hiibebat  Donit 
Areamj  ijf  in  ca  Lacunam 


MANY  talked  oX 

thesufierfiuous  care  of  Them 
IVhu  feed  Dogs  for  Fowl- 
ing, A  certain  Man  of  Them 
says.  The  Fool  of  LIcdiolanum 
laughed  at  These  rightly.  When 
the  Story  nvas  denravded^YLo.  said, 
There  wcssi  Physician,  a  Citizen 
of  Mediolanum,  li  ho  undertook 
to  cure  thQ  Mad,  brought  to  Fhn 
within  a  certain  Time: 
but  the  Cure  was  of  this 
Manner ;  He  hud  at  Borne 
a    Court,    and  in     it    a    Pond 


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foeiicU  Aqu»,  in  Qua 
/ig-avit  ,Eos  nudos  ad 
Palum^  Alios  usq  ;  SLdGemia^ 
Alios  Usque  ad  Ventrem, 
Nonnullos  firofundih',  se- 
cunduiTi  Gradu7n  Insania;  ; 
ac  tamdiu  macerabat  Eos 
Aqua-,  quoad  -viderentur 
sani  Mente,  Quidam 
est  allatus  inter  Catei^os, 
Queni  fiosuit  in  Aquam 
usque  ad  Femur,  Qui  coe- 
'^i'ir€si/iiscere\>o^\.quindecim 
Dies,  iJf  rogare  suum  Me- 
dicum,  ut  reduceretur 
ex  Aqua;  Ille  exemit 
Hominem  jl  CruciatUj  tanien 
ed  Conditione,  ne  egrede- 
retur         Aream.  Cum 

paruiss^et  aliquot  JDicbus^ 
permisit,  ut  perambula- 
ret  totam  Domum  ;  at 
ut' non  egrederecur  exterio- 
rem  Januam ;  (Sociis, 
Qui  erard  multi,  relictis  in 
Aquas)  paruit  Manda- 
tifi  Medici  diligen- 

ter ;  veio  stans  super  JLi- 
?/ze«quodam  Tempore-^  (nam 
non  audebat  egredi,)  -vidit 
Juvenem  venientem'm  Equo 
cum  duobus  Canibus,  llf 
Accipitre ;  motus  Novi- 
tate  Rei  ;  (etenim  non  tene- 
bat  Memoria 

Qua  viderat 

ante  Insaniam ;)  cum 
Ju-venis  accessisset,  Ille 
inquit,  Heus,  Tu,  oro,  re- 
spond e  Mihi  paucis :  Quid 
est  Hoc,  Quo  Tehe- 
ris  ?      Inquity    est     Eqnus, 


of  stinking  Water  in  Whiclr 
He  bound  Them  naked  to 
a  Stake,  Some  up  to  the  Knees, 
Others  up  to  the  Belly, 
some  more  deeplij,  accord- 
ing to  the  Degree  of  Madness  ; 
and  so  long  He  starved  Them 
in  the  Water,  till  They  seemed 
sound  in  Mind.  A  certain  Man 
tvas  brought  among  the  the  Rest, 
Whom  He  put  into  the  Water 
up  to  the  Thigh ;  Who  be- 
gan to  repent  after  fifteen 
Days,  and  to  ask  his  Phy- 
sician,/'/^a^  He  might  be  brought 
out  o/"the  Water;  He  took  out 
the  Man  from  the  Torment,  yet 
on  that  Condition,  that  he  should 
not  go  out  o/the  Court.  When 
He  had  obeyed  some  Days, 
He  permitted,  that  He  might 
walk  over  the  whole  House  ;  but 
that  he  should  not  go  out  o/the  out- 
ward Gate;  his  (Companions, 
Who  were  many,  being  left  in 
the  Water  ;)  He  obeyed  the  Com- 
mands of  the  Physician  diligent- 
ly ;  but  standing  upon  the  Thresh- 
old on  a  certain  Time;  (for 
He  didnot  dare  to  go  out,)  He  saw 
a  Young  Man  coming  on  a  Horse 
with  two  Dogs,  and 

a  Hawk ;  moved  with  the  No- 
velty of  the  Thing  ;  for  He  did  not 
retain  in  Memory 

the  Things  Which  He  had  seen 
before  his  Madr^ss ;)  when 
the  Young  Man  carne  near,  He 
said,  So  ho.  You,  /  pray,  an- 
swer Me  in  a  few  Things  :  Whaf 
/5  This,  on  Which  Thou  art  car- 
ried?    Says   he.  It  is    a    Horse*- 


respondit, 

Is'     aptus 

Predicum. 


SELECT  FA 

I  Tum  deincc/is^  Quid  voca- 
I  tur  Koc,  Quod  gcstas 
!  Manu^  Sc  m  qu\  i^e 
]  uteris  ?  Illc 
est  Accipiter, 
CafHui 

Turn  Insanus 
Hi  Qui  comliantur  Te, 
Qui  sunt,  15*  Q'^iid 
proHunt  Tibi  ?  -^/V, 

Sunt  Cane  St  Sc  c/?f£  Au- 
cupio,  erf  investigandum 
^/x'ej?.  Autem  hx  Aves, 
Causd  capiendi  Quas 
paras  Jor  Ues, 

cujus  Pretii  sunt,  si  co«- 
feraa  Capturam  tctius 
Anni  /Vi  unum  ?  f  *?«  re- 
spondi^set  parvum^  nescio 
quid^  Sc  <7^orf  non  ex- 
redcret  acx  aureos,  Insanu3 
rog-at,  Qua:nam  sit  Impensa 
Equi,  Canum^  iJf 

Accipitris}.  afnrmavit  Ln- 
pensam  Eorum  esse  qiiotan- 
nis,  oLiiyiqvaginta  Aureos. 
Tiim  admiratus  Stuttitiam 
Juvenis,  inquit^  oro, 
abi  hinc  ocvuSy  antequam 
Mcdicus  red  eat  Domum  ; 
nam  si  Hie  compcrerit  Te 
covjicict  Te  in  suam 
JLacuTiam^  veluti  inscnissi- 
minn  Omnium,  'cf  coHo- 
cabit  Te  in  Aquu  usque  ad 
Mentum. 


5its 


^OF  ^SOP. 


15S 


Then  aftci"xvaxd-^  ^^^hat  's^ail-^'^ 
ed  This,  J^'A/cA^' A^o^  0>j^5aft^st-, 
on  thine  h'.nd^  and  in  whl*  T/iini; 
dost  Thou  use  it  ?  He  anrvvcred, ' 
ic  is  a  Hawk,  and  fit 
for  the  catching-  of  Partridij^es. 
7hen  the  Madman  asks,  and 
These,  That  accompar.ij  Thee, 
J17ii^t  are  tj\ey,  and  What 
do  they  profit  to  Thee  ?  He  says, 
They  are  Dogf^^^vAJit  for  Fowl- 
ing, to  trace 
f/if  Birds.  But  l/i<r5<r  Birds, 
yb?*  the  Sake  of  catching  IVhic/i 
You  prepare  «o  7;r.'/^i/  Things, 
of  what  Price  are  They,  if  lou 
put  together  Catching  of  a  nuhole 
Year  into  one  ?  When  He  had  an- 
SMcrod  a  litil^^  I  know  not 
ivha*,  and  ^//o^  it  could  not  ex- 
ceed sir  Guineas,  the  Madman 
asks,  What  mav  be  the  Expense 
of  tlie  Horse,  of  *he  Dogs,  and 
of  the  HuTjk  ?  1  le  affirmed  the  Px- 
pence  of  Them  to  be  year- 
ly J'f^y  Guineas. 
Then  having  admired  the  folly 
of  the  Young  Man,  says  he,  I  pray 
go  hence  r/uickly,  before  that 
the  Phijsician  return  Home ; 
for  if  He  should  find  Thee, 
He  ivill  throro  Thee  into  his 
Pond,  as  the  mor.t 
mad  of  all  Men,  and  He  will 
place  Thee  in  the  Water  up  to 
xXvc    Chin. 


MOR. 

Hzcc  Fabula  ostendit, 
r7??.'//a6insaniasc££t  quotidie 
\n'jbi<ervaias. 


MOR. 

This  /^6'Z'/(?  shows, 

many    Madnesses     lo  be    daily 


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SELECT  l/-^^/fES  OF  .^Sor. 


TABLE  CCn. 


De  obstinata  Muliere^  Qua 
vocavit  Viram  pccliculo- 
sum. 

QUxdam  Midler,  sup^^a 
modum  coi">traria  Vi- 
roj  ica  tci,  vellet  esse  supe- 
rior, semel  in  gravi  Alter- 
catione  cum  Eo  vocavit 
Eum  fiediciilosuin.  Ille,  ut 
retractaret  illud  Veruura, 
con!  undcbat\Jy;.ove.Y[\tC  txdena 
Illain  ■Pugnis  oc  Calcibus, 
Qua  mai^is  cxdcbatur, 
€)  plus  vocavit  Ilium 
jiedlcuhsum.  Vir.  tundtm 
lastus  verberando  Iliam, 
vt  supsraret  Pertina- 
ciain  Uxoris,  dimisit 
in  Flumc^n  per  Funem, 
dlcens.^  Se  sii^^ocaturum 
Kar.i,  81  non  abstiiieret 
talibus  Verbis.  Ilia  per- 
stubat  riihilb  minus  contt- 
nruire  illud  Verbriin,  quam- 
\\i  f.xa  usque  ad  Men  turn 
.in  Aqui.  Turn  Vir 
dtmenit  Earn  in  Flumen, 
iiU  lit  ?*o?2  posset  ■  loqui 
ainfdu'',  tentans  si  posgiet 
avcricye  Earn  a  Pertinacia 
Tl-aorc  Mortis.  ^'  Ilia, 
J''acidta'e'  loquendi  ademji- 
titt  txpriniebat  Dii^ntifi, 
Quod  nequibat  ore  : 
.M/;?v,  r»I;.nibus  rrd-r.'z' supra 
Cufvit^  Uu'^'uib-JS  ittriiis-iie 
rollicis     conjunct  is,     dedit 


Of  the  obstinate    Woman,  ivho 
called  her  Husband  lousy. 


ACi.tain  Woman,  above 
measure  cQTxlY^ivytohcr  Hus- 
bu/ia,so  that  she  \vouId  be  upper- 
most, once  in  a  heavy  Quar- 
rel wi.a  Hirn  called 
Him.  lousy.  He,  that 
She  might  retract  that  V/ord, 
bruised  his  Wife,  beating 
Her  ivith  hi3  Fists  and  Heeh. 
ByhQwiiiuch'/ii.';;2orfshewasbeat 
by&omuch\.h.Q  more  she  calledH'im 
lousy.  The  Man  at  length 
tired  with  bec.tJng  Her, 
that  Fie  might  overcome  fAe  Gb- 
stinacy  of  his  WifCj/et  her  down 
into  a  River  by  a  Rope, 
saying,  that  He  nvould  suffocate 
IIei\  (/'She  would  not  abstain 
/ro;«'  i'Mc/i  Words.  8hc  per- 
sistecim  ?20f/i/n^ the.  less fo  conti- 
nue that  Word,  al- 
tho'  f-Jced  up  fo  the  Chin 
m  the  Water.  2V;en  the  Man 
pduv.ged  Her  /n^o  the  River, 
so  that  6'A6'  could  not  sp^^ak 
more,  tryintj  //  Fie  could 
avtrt  Her  from  her  Obstinacy 
by  the  Fear-oi  Ocath.,^rf.^  She, 
th^Facultyohi)iiSLWiiv^being  takci 
CTc^Gi/,  expressed  iviih  her  Fingers 
what  she  co'uldnot  v/ith  her  mouth 
yb?-,  her  \l^\^A's  being  raised  above 
her  Head,  ,he  Nails  of  each 
Thumb  beir.g joined-)  She    gave 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  A^'V/?. 

^uod     Opprobrium   fiotuit     ivkat      Reproac'        ^he        ..^uct^-^   v 
Viroj  iltQ   Gestu.  toher  Husband, -^  r/;ar  Gesture.  ^^ 


MoR.  MoR. 

Hacc  i^^w/«  indicat,  ^rw^rf         This       Fable      sho^vs,      thai' 

Quidam    retinebi.-  C     suam  Some         ivill       retain        their 

Pe7'tinada?n  Gtiam  Pcriculo  Obstinacy   even  at    the    Hazard 

Mortis.  of  Death. 


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